«Breaking News» Champagne was invented by the English, claims wine boss

Champagne was invented by the English, the head of a prestigious winemaking house has claimed. 

Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger, the boss of Taittinger Champagne, said the drink had come about accidentally when still wines were left in cold conditions on London docks. 

The name of champagne is protected in Europe, referring to wines produced in the Champagne region of France. 

The Interprofessional Committee of Champagne Wine argues that the French region which gives its name to the bubbly was the first to produce it 'on a regular basis'.  

Champagne was invented by the English, the head of a prestigious winemaking house has claimed (stock photo)

Mr Taittinger said in an interview with Le Figaro: 'They created Champagne because of a mistake. Benedictine monks were supplying them with still wines from Champagne, red and white wine. 

'The English left these cheap, still white wines on the docks in London and the wines got cold so they started undergoing a second fermentation. 

'Like all great mistakes, it led to a great invention.'  

However the official champagne committee says on its website: 'The fact that the French terms 'champagnisation' and 'méthode champenoise' were appropriated by other vineyards from the 1830s onwards serves to remind us of where the wine and its techniques did actually originate.

'Quality considerations aside, a timeline based on documentary evidence clearly shows that Champagne is the first ever sparkling wine to have been made on a regular basis by producers in a specific region. And that region is Champagne.' 

Champagne is exported to 190 countries and represents 13 per cent of global sparkling wine production, the committee says. 

The name of champagne (stock photo) is protected in Europe, referring to wines produced in the Champagne region of France

However English sparkling wine has enjoyed a rise in recent years, rising more than 200 per cent in value in five years, according to the Wine and Spirit Trade Association. 

In 2016 it became the fourth-most popular fizz in Britain behind Prosecco, Champagne and Cava.     

The wine boss said he 'loved England' and called it a 'big market' for the luxury product. 

The English claim is also backed up by a paper submitted to the Royal Society in 1662 which described how to make sparkling wine. 

Taittinger launched its own English vineyard in 2015, planting 30 hectares of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier in Kent. 

The firm's first bottles of English sparkling wine are expected to be ready in 2024, according to its website.     

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