Champagne

<p>Throughout history waves of invaders have coveted the northeast corner of France: Attila the Hun in the fifth century the English in the Hundred Years War the Prussians in the nineteenth century. Yet this region - which historians say has suffered more battles and wars than any other place on earth - is also the birthplace of one thing the entire world equates with good times friendship and celebration: champagne.</p><p> Champagne is the story of the world's favourite wine. It tells how a sparkling beverage that became the toast of society during the Belle Epoque emerged after World War I as a global icon of fine taste and good living. The book celebrates the gutsy larger-than-life characters whose proud determination nurtured and preserved the land and its grapes throughout centuries of conflict.</p>