Global Champagne Day: Here's how you can learn more about the sparkling wine

If it is a celebration has to be champagne We have all been part of parties where someone is sabering the bottle or helplessly twisting the wire knots as guests stay away from the path of the bottle corkrsquos trajectoryTomorrow is Global Champagne Day and we are celebrating it with a walk down the northernmost region of France Champagne from which champagne getsits nameSujata Patil wine sales head at Monika Enterprises tells us a fun story to begin with ldquoA still wine underwent a secondary fermentation in the bottle perhaps since it was not properly sealed and thus champagne was created Then man analysed what happened and learnt the process of creating a bubbly winerdquo Patil explainsThe discovery is attributed to Dom Perignon but there is no proof for this But a line he said when he tasted it is rather famous in France ldquoCome here quickly I am seeing stars in my mouthrdquo And thatrsquos the story around the origins of champagneChampagne is made from still wine which is made by fermenting grape juice Secondary fermentation of this wine gives you champagne Still wine is mixed with yeast and sugar syrup and laid down in the cellar for 15 months in a cellar The yeast acts on the sugar to make alcohol releasing carbon dioxideAs the bottle is sealed the gas cannot escape and dissolves into the wine generating the bubbles The base wine used in the Champagne region is extremely acidic so at the end of the bottling process some sugar is added to balance the tasteSujata PatilRead2000 Champagnes by Richard JuhlinThe journalist describes 2000 ChampagnesWorld Encyclopedia of Champagne amp Sparkling Wine by Tom StevensonThis coffee tablesize guide is full of facts and vibrant visualsWatchA Year in Champagne 2014Wine importer Martine Saunier tours six Champagne makers to see how they make their productLog on to IMDBBrowseJoyofchampagnecomThis podcast is your guide to the world of sparkling wines Learn about pairings with sparkling wines and the story of proseccoListenWhat Makes Champagne ChampagneChampagne wasnrsquot always so prized Learn its history and the science of what goes into the bottleLog on to BrainStuff on Amazon MusicWhatrsquos your Champagne QuotientWhat is champagne made in any part of the world other than Champagne calledAnswer Sparkling wineHow many bubbles does a glass of champagne emit every minuteAnswer 60