\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \qj\li105\ri195 \f1 \b Vineyards in Champagne\par
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\b0 What is unquestionably the most famous wine in the world comes from a region that c
overs 34,000 hectares (84,000 acres) between \b \ATXul1024 \cf4 \ATXht149 Reims\b0 \ATXul0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and CΘzanne, Chateau-Thierry and Bouzy. If we are to believe the legend, it was the monk Dom Perignon, cellarer of the Benedictine Abbey of Hautvilli
ers in the seventeenth century, who invented the \i mΘthode champenoise\i0 (a process of double fermentation) that gives the wine its flavor, its lingering fragrance, its allure, and its ôbubbles.ö But Champagne also owes a great deal to the calcareous
soils, the temperate climate, and the skill of the people who have learned to blend the fruit of different vines and to improve on the lessons of the good monk....\par
