Champagne facts for kids

Champagne can mean a number of things:

Champagne (wine), a sparkling wine
Champagne (wine region), the area where the wine is made
Champagne (province), a historical region in France, ruled in the past by the Counts of Champagne
Champagne-Ardenne, a modern administrative region of France
Champagne (movie), a 1928 movie by Alfred Hitchcock

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Images for kids

A glass of Champagne exhibiting the characteristic bubbles associated with the wine
Vineyards in the Champagne region of France
Jean François de Troy's 1735 painting Le Déjeuner d'Huîtres (The Oyster Luncheon) is the first known depiction of Champagne in painting
A map of French wine regions, with the Champagne appellation highlighted in red
Le Remueur: 1889 engraving of the man engaged in the daily task of turning each bottle a fraction
Bubbles from rosé Champagne
An Edwardian English advertisement for Champagne, listing honours and royal drinkers
A Grand Cru blanc de blancs Champagne
Side-by-side comparison of Champagne bottles. (L to R) On ladder: Magnum (1.5 litres), full (0.75 litre), half (0.375 litre), quarter (0.1875 litre). On floor: Balthazar (12 litres), Salmanazar (9 litres), Methuselah (6 litres), Jeroboam (3 litres)
A Champagne cork before usage. Only the lower section, made of top-quality pristine cork, will be in contact with the Champagne
Corking a Champagne Bottle: 1855 engraving of the manual method
Champagne on the podium of the 2007 Tour of Gippsland