The third Friday in October has been set aside to celebrate Global Champagne Awareness Day (or International Champagne Day) and I’m always up for celebrating something. Most champagne-lovers will already know that, in order for the sparkling nectar to be classified as “champagne“, the wine must come from the Champagne province in France. You may not know that to be termed “champagne” it must also be made by the traditional process of secondary fermentation in the bottle.
Bunkies, please be forewarned: The pressure in a bottle of champagne is 90 pounds per square inch, about three times that in your automobile tire.
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