The friars, in the tranquility of their monasteries were responsible, throughout the Middle Ages, the cultivation of vineyards
in Europe. Their food frugal, bread, cheese and olives, did not release a good wine. Wise monks, who knew well
the pleasures of the world.
Even today many toasts are made with delicious Dom Perignon, but few people know who was this French friar. The smart
Monsignor Spanish snatched an invention, the stopper. Being a living liquid, the wine has a life, which is young, matures
and ages. To mature it needs air, but without excess to avoid turning into vinegar.
Possession of the secret of the cork, Dom Perignon devoted himself to perfecting his wine. By tradition, the wines were kept in
wooden casks and had a duration of one year. Moreover, they were usually consumed on the spot manufacturing.
Using glass bottles, which existed at that time, the bottled Dom Perignon champagne, protected it with cork and released
your wonderful wine to the four corners of the world. Also in Portugal, in the late eighteenth century, in Oporto, the wine
now be stored in bottles with stoppers and seal. And just Portugal and Spain have become the two largest exporters
cork, material so far essential for the preservation of wine.
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