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00:00 Champagne is the flagship drink of the end-of-year parties.
00:03 But where does the champagne come from?
00:05 One day, at the end of the 17th century,
00:07 Dom Pérignon, Benedictine monk responsible for the cellar of the Saint-Pierre-d'Auvilé abbey,
00:13 decides to close the wine bottles with bee wax.
00:16 But in a few weeks, most of the bottles explode.
00:20 The microorganisms present in the wine ferment the wax sugar.
00:25 This reaction released carbon dioxide, which eventually broke the bottles.
00:30 Thus was born the first champagne.
00:32 In 1936, the Moët & Chandon house, which became the owner of the place,
00:37 took advantage of the abbey to launch its special cellar Dom Pérignon,
00:41 with the success we know today.
00:43 (upbeat music)