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
Sparkling wine production Champagne at least three years. The traditional method is used for Champagne, all European wines with the designation "Crémant", "Cava", better varieties of "Sekt" and other sparkling wines that have names such as "méthode classique" or "fermented in this bottle" on the label (note, however, that the unusual "ancestral" and "dioise" methods also ferment the wine exclusively in the bottle). The ancestral method () goes under many local names in the various French regions, such as "rurale", "artisanale" and "gaillacoise". This is by far the oldest method of making sparkling wine and preceded the "traditional method" by almost 200 years,