What is Blanquette de Limoux?
[[File:Blanquette de Limoux.jpg|thumb|Blanquette de Limoux]] '''Blanquette de Limoux''' is the name given to a number of [[sparkling wine]]s from the [[Languedoc]], in [[France]]. == Sparkling Wine == Blanquette de Limoux is probably the oldest known sparkling wine in France. According to a text at a local abbey, [[Livy]] praised the wines from [[Limoux]], which were not sparkling wines at the time.<ref>Geneviève Gavignaud-Fontaine, Gilbert Larguier, ''Le vin en Languedoc et en Roussillon. De la tradition aux mondialisations, sp-XVI-XXI'', Trabucaire 2007 p.123</ref> == Benedictine Monks == [[Benedictine]] [[monk]]s of the [[abbey]] of [[Saint-Hilaire (Aude)|Saint Hilaire]] found out how to make sparkling wine from white wine. === Dom Pérignon === [[Dom Pérignon (person)|Dom Pérignon]] brought back the method of making sparkling wines to his abbey in Champagne, at the end of the [[16th century]]. He started to experiment with it in the [[vineyard]]s of the abbey. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{food-stub}} [[Category:French wines]]