Dom Pérignon (monk) 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 of Moët & Chandon, is named for him. The remains of the monastery where he spent his adult life is now the property of that winery. Pérignon was
Love Is What We Make It and "Twentieth Century Fool" reached #57. Love Is What We Make It Love Is What We Make It is the eighteenth studio album by Kenny Rogers, released by Liberty Records. It is a collection of songs Rogers recorded between 1974 and 1983 that were rejected for his studio albums of that time. "Love Is What We Make It" was issued after he signed to RCA Nashville. "Stranger in My Place" is a 1974 recording with The First Edition, an alternate of which was released on their last single. The album is home to two singles, which were its first two