TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kladstrup,Don
AU  - Kladstrup,Petie
TI  - Champagne: how the world's most glamorous wine triumphed over war and hard times 
SN  - 0060737921
AV  - TP555 .K58 2005
U1  - 641.2224 22
PY  - 2005///]
CY  - New York
PB  - William Morrow
KW  - Champagne (Wine)
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278); Introduction: This Hallowed Soil; 1 --; Chapter 1; The Monarch and the Monk; 17 --; Chapter 2; The Men in the Iron Masks; 39 --; Chapter 3; On the Top of Golden Hours; 69 --; Chapter 4; All That Glitters; 97 --; Chapter 5; When the Marne Drank Champagne; 129 --; Chapter 6; Up the Bloody Slopes; 153 --; Chapter 7; Underground, Under Fire; 177 --; Chapter 8; No Drums, No Trumpets; 205 --; Chapter 9; When the Bubbles Burst; 227 --; Epilogue: The Gallant Wines; 255
N2  - Journalists Don and Petie Kladstrup show how this sparkling wine, born of bloodshed, became a symbol of glamour, good times, and celebration. It's a story filled with larger-than-life characters: Dom Pérignon, the father of champagne, who, contrary to popular belief, worked his entire life to keep bubbles out of champagne; the Sun King, Louis XIV, who rarely drank anything but; and Charles-Camille Heidsieck, known as "Champagne Charlie," who popularized champagne in America and ended up being imprisoned as a spy during the Civil War. World War I would be Champagne's greatest test of all, a four-year nightmare in which German bombardment drove thousands of people underground to seek refuge in the huge cellars of the champagne houses, where among the bottles you would find schools, hospitals, shops, municipal offices, and troops.--From publisher description; "In this history, Don and Petie Kladstrup show how this sparkling wine, born of bloodshed, became a symbol of glamour, good times, and celebration. It's a story filled with larger-than-life characters: Dom Perignon, the father of champagne, who, contrary to popular belief, worked his entire life to keep bubbles out of champagne; the Sun King, Louis XIV, who rarely drank anything but; and Napoleon, who, in trying to conquer the world, introduced it to champagne." "Then there were the generations of local vintners who struggled to keep their houses running. Claude Moet hauled his bottles to Versailles and gave Madame de Pompadour her first taste of bubbly, prompting her memorable quote, "Champagne is the only wine that lets a woman remain beautiful after she has drunk it." There was also Charles-Camille Heidsieck, known as "Champagne Charlie," who popularized champagne in America and ended up being imprisoned as a spy during the Civil War." "World War I would be Champagne's greatest test of all, a four-year nightmare in which nearly everything the Champenois had worked and fought for was destroyed "in a rain of iron and fire." German bombardment drove thousands of people underground to seek refuge in the huge cellars of the champagne houses, where among the bottles you would find schools, hospitals, shops, municipal offices, and troops. Amazingly, grapes continued to be harvested even as bombs fell, and the wartime vintages are considered to be among the finest ever made."--BOOK JACKET
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