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(Picture: Pexels/Cottonbro Studio)Legend holds that Benedictine monk Dom Pérignon uttered the words “Come quickly, I am drinking the stars!” upon discovering how to make Champagne sparkle in 1693; two centuries later, Oscar Wilde wrote, “we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars” in Lady Windermere’s Fan. The two can be connected.
Regardless of how Champagne first got its sparkle — and whatever your budget — there is a life-affirming joy that arises from sipping wines from the world’s most famous wine region, Champagne. They needn’t be “reassuringly expensive” — though for those closer to the stars than the gutter, below are a few suggestions for expanding any vinous horizons.
