Champagne (wine region) soon followed by Chanoine Frères (1730), Taittinger (1734), Moët et Chandon (1743) and Veuve Clicquot (1772). The nineteenth century saw an explosive growth in Champagne production going from a regional production of 300,000 bottles a year in 1800 to 20 million bottles in 1850. A strong influence on Champagne wine production was the centuries-old rivalry between the region and Burgundy. From the key market of Paris to the palace of Louis XIV of France at Versailles, proponents of Champagne and Burgundy would compete for dominance. For most of his life, Louis XIV would drink only Champagne wine with the support
Christie's World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine Christie's World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine Christie’s World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine is an encyclopedia written by Tom Stevenson, published by Absolute Press, which is devoted to subjects relating to Champagne and sparkling wine. The foreword is written by Michael Broadbent. A smaller reduced version, "Champagne & Sparkling Wine Guide", is published in the soft cover format. When first published in 1998, the book became the only wine book to warrant a leader in a UK national newspaper ("The Guardian", October 14, 1998), for the first time revealing a 17th-century document proving that the English used