As a true aficionado of fine wine, you're likely to love a good champagne. Not only do they smell and taste great, but the explosion of fizz is unusual and enjoyable. Who doesn't enjoy popping a champagne cork and pouring the wine into a flute as the effervescence forms in the glass? Did you know that wines from the Champagne region of France are the only ones permitted to be called champagne? Although that technically only applies within the European Union, many other countries around the world have agreed not to use the word champagne on their wines to avoid confusing consumers.
What Does Vintage Mean?
Vintage wines are from one year's harvest only. Usually vintage wines are much more expensive so most people settle for non-vintage wines which are produced from wines of different years blended together. A benefit of non-vintage champagnes is that they are more consistent because they don't rely on one year's harvest.
Champagne Production
The primary grapes using in making champagne are Pinot noir and Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay. M