Champagne Wishes: The Tastes of Celebration

We pop it at weddings and pour it for the holidays, gift it to
congratulate and sip it to celebrate—but, if we're being honest,
Gastropod will seize any occasion to drink champagne. In the second
episode of our two-part miniseries on the tastes of celebration, we
tell the story of how this sparkling wine went from an unwelcome
accident—winemakers considered fizz a flaw!—to a global brand
associated with quality, luxury, celebrity, and, above all, fun.
Along the way, we explore the science behind the bubbles, get to
the bottom of the difference between prosecco, pét-nat, and
Perrier-Jouët, and tell the stories of the original Dom Perignon
and Veuve Cliquot. Join us now for all that, plus the answer to the
question we all secretly wonder: Is champagne really worth the big
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