Moet & Chandon famously name their prestige Cuvée Champagne after Dom Pérignon, a 17th century monk inhabiting a Benedictine Abbey in Hautvillers. Although he is mythically thought to have invented sparkling wine, that honour belongs to Christopher Merret, an English Scientist born around the same time. � Pérignon was however a winemaking pioneer of the Champagne region which at the time was … Read More