Christopher Merret
...that Englishman Christopher Merret wrote the first description of the méthode champenoise used to make sparkling wine, long before it was documented in the Champagne region of France?
...that Englishman <b id="mwDm0"><a href="./Christopher_Merret" id="mwDm4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Christopher Merret">Christopher Merret</a></b> wrote the first description of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Méthode_champenoise" id="mwDm8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Méthode champenoise">méthode champenoise</a> used to make <a href="./Sparkling_wine" id="mwDnA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sparkling wine">sparkling wine</a>, long before it was documented in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Champagne_(wine_region)" id="mwDnE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Champagne (wine region)">Champagne</a> region of <a href="./France" id="mwDnI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="France">France</a>?