Sparkling: The Story of Champagne

Name: Sparkling: The Story of Champagne
Genre: Documentary
Released: August 13, 2021
Duration: 88 min
Cast: Bruno Paillard, Don & Petie Kladstrup, Etienne Bizot, Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon, Nicholas Soames

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Swipe Films | Release Date: August 13, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Bruno Paillard, Don & Petie Kladstrup, Etienne Bizot, Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon, Nicholas Soames, Oz Clarke, Stephen Fry, Tony Laithwaite, Vincent Chaperon, Vitalie Taittinger

Summary: Major champagne houses featured include Pol Roger (Churchill famously drank over 40,000 bottles in his lifetime), Bollinger (appearing in 15 Bond movies), plus Piper-Heidsieck (Marilyn Monroe's favourite), Taittinger, Jay-Z's Armand de Brignac, Cristal, Veuve Clicquot, Queen Elizabeth II's Windsor vineyard. It explores the legend of FrenchMajor champagne houses featured include Pol Roger (Churchill famously drank over 40,000 bottles in his lifetime), Bollinger (appearing in 15 Bond movies), plus Piper-Heidsieck (Marilyn Monroe's favourite), Taittinger, Jay-Z's Armand de Brignac, Cristal, Veuve Clicquot, Queen Elizabeth II's Windsor vineyard. It explores the legend of French monk Dom Perignon, who famously declared "I can taste the stars" when he discovered champagne, and examines the theory that the English actually invented champagne decades before Dom Perignon. It also looks at the impact of climate change. The champagne region is gradually becoming too hot leading to the likes of Pommery and Taittinger acquiring vineyards in southern England where the chalk soil is the same as the champagne region.… Expand

Director: Frank Mannion

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 88 min

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Richard Roeper

Aug 11, 2021

As you might expect, this is not exactly a hard-hitting expose (I’m not sure what that would even be), but it’s a most welcome change of gear from all the documentaries out there tackling deadly serious subjects. Sometimes we just need to cleanse the palate. Read full review

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