Dom Perignon: A History of Champagne

Dom Pierre P rignon tells the story of the world's most luxurious champagne, tracing its circuitous history across four centuries, arranged in three chapters--one each for the seventeenth, eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Beautifully produced, in keeping with its subject, this page-turning luxury object unravels the myth of Dom P rignon champagne, beginning with its namesake--the pioneering Benedictine Monk Dom Pierre P rignon--who set out to create the best wine in the world. Offering glimpses of the champagne-infused hedonism of Louis XV's court at Versailles, Marilyn Monroe's glamorous affiliation with the beverage and Karl Lagerfeld's recent advertising campaign for the brand, this volume incorporates a spectrum of artifacts, including texts, drawings, paintings, photographs and film stills from artists and writers such as Fran ois Boucher, Denis Diderot and Jonathan Swift.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3865217508
• ISBN13: 9783865217509
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Steidl
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"