Wine Enthusiast Magazine

GLITZ & FIZZ

SPARKLING HISTORY

As you raise a glass of bubbly to toast the new year (or an average Tuesday), take a moment to drink in the centuries of culture and innovation in your glass.

IN THE BEGINNING

Blanquette de Limoux, from Languedoc, shows up in writings from as early as 1531 by the monks of Saint-Hilaire.

“Mauzac is the main grape of Blanquette de Limoux,” says Jason Wilson, a drinks writer and historian

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