Dom Perinjo: How he became a French monk, the king of champagne

Although many myths falsely regard him as the inventor of sparkling champagne, he was in fact the pioneer of many methods that e improvement in consumptuan its production. At the end of his life, champagne e Perinjo was valued all over the world by monarchs, likewhereas it wasALSO French King Louis XIV.

But who was Dom Pier Perinjoand how did it change the history of champagne production forever? Lindia in 1638 in St. Menhuld in the French region of Champagne. His family consisted of 8 children, while the father qe was an assistant to a local judge, owned several vineyards.

When he was 19, Pier entered the Religious Order Benedict initially being educated and serving at St. Van’s Abbey in Verdun. In 1668, he transferred to the abbey of Hotvil near the city Epernejwhere he served as director of wine cellar until he died in 1715.

Thanks to his tireless work and novatore, the abbey doubled the size of the vineyard, and boosted the reputation of the region’s winemakers, sidonot for white wines. Perinjo was so respected, so much so that after his death he was buried in a part of the abbey which was usually reserved only for abbots.

When Perinjo arrived for the first time at abbeyvererat e keHIS the region avoidsheigh from royal court French, AFTER those were not so te forta and as colorful as others produced in areas such as Jailonja and BoardoHere. Moreover, the world was experiencing a small ice agenajore, which e vepretendedesoi moree wine production.

Despite these obstacles, Perinjo made many improvements to the wine production process. Particularly revolutionary developments involved the invention of a qualtof te new pressing, qe gave him the opportunity of generate a white wine ALSO from black grapes, understandinguar me mirë impactn e climate in wine production, bearing e reintroducing the use of corks as a sealile more effective, and using ‘verre English‘ (glass English)qe was stronger and longer of able to withstand pressure.

But Perinjo ube me known for his great improvements in the style of wine production. This production style was created when winemakers realized they could be created bubbles through a secondary fermentation in bottles, and that contrary to popular belief, it was something that of please people.

Por problems arose every spring when the yeastand activated serishcreating too much CO2 and causing the bottles to explode per due toe pressure. Perinjo experimented that how to avoid keto explosions, avoiding re–fermentation e veresne BOTTLE.

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But a lote quickly vits white smells startente sold to in Paris and London. FUCItwere sent with QUICKlike in the French capital via the river Marne. His fame was SPREADS with FASTelike. Perinjo nisi to terming BOTTLES with his name. Vthe winds with his name were sold 2 times more thanhow champagne of brands te others.

it was first time since a summer was e identified with its manufacturer, and not with a region or order religious, and was one of the first in economic history, that an individual had successfully used his name and personality ne mthe collection of ae product.

Sot nis a myth ende i spread pretendon se Perinjo e invented champagne. Ne fact drink with golden bubbles qe we consume today, was invented from ae the woman known as the Widow Clickqe ne 1810s, developed a technique to balance the secondary fermentation process that is essential for white wines from the Champagne region of France.

Sot, champagne Dom Perinjo is part of the empire “Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton”Qeowned by man on of rich of France, Bernard RNAo. She remains one of champagne most precious in the world, and breaks FREQUENTLY records when sold at auction. relicset and Abacise se Hotvilby Dom Perinjo passed part me te large te BEs, are the property of “Moët & Chandon”. / bota.al

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