It is extraordinary enough that one small area in north-eastern France, on the northern edge of Europe\'s wine-growing regions, should be capable of producing the finest sparkling wine in the world, one of the few worth discussing as a wine and not merely as a sparkling beverage.
The long-awaited new edition of Nicholas Faith\'s landmark.
Yet Champagne fascinates not only wine lovers, but also historians - social, economic, political - linguists, physiologists, physicists and chemists.
It is extraordinary enough that one small area in north-eastern France, on the northern edge of Europe\'s wine-growing regions, should be capable of producing the finest sparkling wine in the world, one of the few worth discussing as a wine and not merely as a sparkling beverage
