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The monk Dom Pérignon invented sparkling champagne wine in the 1600s.

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REFUTED
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2 sources for · 4 against

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Is it true that the monk Dom Pérignon invented sparkling champagne wine in the 1600s?

No. Modern reference sources state that the popular tale crediting the monk Dom Pérignon with inventing sparkling champagne is erroneous, and that he was instead charged with removing bubbles from Champagne wines; some scholarship credits the development of strong English glass bottles by Sir Kenelm Digby. Two 19th-century newspaper accounts do repeat the legend that Pérignon discovered champagne around 1663–1670.

Verdict: REFUTED · 2 sources for, 4 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 2
CHAMPAGNE. (Otago Witness, 16 September 1887)
1887
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CHAMPAGNE. (Otago Witness, 16 September 1887). (1887). paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18870916.2.131.6

Evidence against · 4
Dom Pérignon (monk) - Wikipedia
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Dom Pérignon (monk) - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_P%C3%A9rignon_(monk)

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Origin of Champagne. (Tuapeka Times, 18 May 1889)
1889
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Origin of Champagne. (Tuapeka Times, 18 May 1889). (1889). paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TT18890518.2.35.2

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Sparkling wine
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Sparkling wine. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkling_wine

Stephen Skelton: <i>The Knight who Invented Champagne: How Sir Kenelm Digby developed strong glass bottles</i> – <i>verre anglais – which enabled wine and cider makers to produce bottle-fermented sparkling wines</i>
2021
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Crowden, J. (2021). Stephen Skelton: <i>The Knight who Invented Champagne: How Sir Kenelm Digby developed strong glass bottles</i> – <i>verre anglais – which enabled wine and cider makers to produce bottle-fermented sparkling wines</i>. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27838

Dom Pérignon
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Dom Pérignon. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_P%C3%A9rignon

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