Dom Pérignon (monk) blind. Contrary to popular belief, Dom Pérignon did not introduce blending to Champagne wines but rather the method of blending the grapes "prior" to sending them to press. Dom Pérignon (monk) Dom Pierre Pérignon, O.S.B., (December 163814 September 1715) was a French Benedictine monk who made important contributions to the production and quality of champagne wine in an era when the region's wines were predominantly still red. Popular myths frequently, but erroneously, credit him with the invention of sparkling champagne, which didn't become the dominant style of Champagne until the mid-19th century. The famous champagne Dom Pérignon, the prestige cuvée
Eleanor of Champagne Eleanor of Champagne Eleanor of Blois/Champagne (French: "Eléonore") (1102–1147) was a French noblewoman. She was the daughter of Stephen II, Count of Blois and Adela of Normandy, daughter of the king of England. She married Ralph I, Count of Vermandois and became mother of Hugh II of Vermandois (1127 to 1212), count of Vermandois and of Valois, then monk in 1160. Eleonor’s marriage with Ralph I was dissolved at the request of Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose sister Petronilla of Aquitaine was in love with Raoul. This led to a war with Theobald II of Champagne, who was Eleanor’s brother. The