<P> Contrary to legend and popular belief , Dom Pérignon did not invent sparkling wine , though he did make important contributions to the production and quality of both still and sparkling Champagne wines . The oldest recorded sparkling wine is Blanquette de Limoux , which was apparently invented by Benedictine Monks in the Abbey of Saint - Hilaire , near Carcassonne in 1531 . They achieved this by bottling the wine before the initial fermentation had ended . Over a century later , the English scientist and physician Christopher Merret documented the addition of sugar to a finished wine to create a second fermentation , six years before Dom Pérignon set foot in the Abbey of Hautvillers . Merret presented a paper at the Royal Society , in which he detailed what is now called méthode champenoise , in 1662 . Merret 's discoveries coincided also with English glass - makers ' technical developments that allowed bottles to be produced that could withstand the required internal pressures during secondary fermentation . French glass - makers at this time could not produce bottles of the required quality or strength . As early as 1663 the poet Samuel Butler referred to `` brisk champagne '' . </P>
<P> Contrary to legend and popular belief , Dom Pérignon did not invent sparkling wine , though he did make important contributions to the production and quality of both still and sparkling Champagne wines . The oldest recorded sparkling wine is Blanquette de Limoux , which was apparently invented by Benedictine Monks in the Abbey of Saint - Hilaire , near Carcassonne in 1531 . They achieved this by bottling the wine before the initial fermentation had ended . Over a century later , the English scientist and physician Christopher Merret documented the addition of sugar to a finished wine to create a second fermentation , six years before Dom Pérignon set foot in the Abbey of Hautvillers . Merret presented a paper at the Royal Society , in which he detailed what is now called méthode champenoise , in 1662 . Merret 's discoveries coincided also with English glass - makers ' technical developments that allowed bottles to be produced that could withstand the required internal pressures during secondary fermentation . French glass - makers at this time could not produce bottles of the required quality or strength . As early as 1663 the poet Samuel Butler referred to `` brisk champagne '' . </P>
when was the first bottle of champagne made
when was the first bottle of champagne made
1531
1531