Date traditionally ascribed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_Pérignon_(monk)" id="mwNQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dom Pérignon (monk)">Dom Perignon</a>'s invention of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne" id="mwNg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Champagne">champagne</a>; it is not clear whether he actually invented <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne" id="mwNw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Champagne">champagne</a>, however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkling_wine" id="mwOA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sparkling wine">sparkling wine</a>.