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Home > Champagne Champagne, The drink of Gods. Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the in-bottle secondary fermentation of wine to effect carbonation. It is named after the Champagne region of France. While the term "champagne" is often used by makers of sparkling wine in other parts of the world, it should legally only refer to wines from the Champagne region. Wines from the Champagne region were already known before medieval times. Churches owned vineyards, and monks produced wine for use in the sacrament of Eucharist. French kings were traditionally anointed in Reims. Champagne wine flowed as part of coronation festivities. In the 17th century, the sparkling method was imported to the Champagne region, associated with specific production including smooth pressing and dosage, later stronger bottles (invented in England) were required to hold the added pressure, and so sparkling Champagne was born. The English have been the biggest consumers of Champagne ever since. 
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