The greatest of all wines? Success came quickly to the world's favourite (although not first) sparkling wine. After Louis XV's 'favourite' mistress began singing the praises of Champagne, people understandably developed a taste for it. Three centuries later, Moët boasts 105 000 bottles in their cellars at any one time - a mere three years worth - not to mention over 100km of cellar under the chalky hills of Epernay.
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