Today Is...Dom Perignon Invents Champagne

As the son of a local vineyard owner in the Champagne region of France, when young Dom entered the Benedictine Order in the 1630's he was asked to help out with their wine which was a bit of a money spinner for the Monastery but Dom wasn't impressed by it and set about improving it.
First up was the job of modernising their methods and their grape presses as well as introducing the cork as a more effective seal and using English glass which was stronger and better able to withstand pressure due to the secondary fermentation process which would make the bottles explode when the CO2 built up.
Some of the locals were invited to taste the Dom Perignon version and everyone agreed that it was far superior and news of this wonderful tasting new Dom Perignon wine he called Champagne after the region it came from, spread and they began to sell the Champagne further afield and soon they were shipping barrels to Paris and London.
The monastery wine process was taken over by Moët & Chandon and became one of the most highly prized sparkling Champagnes in the world and they even hired Dom Perignon to work as the cellar master until he died but as a man of the Lord it is unknown how he felt about his drink being supped from a bosom shaped glass.
The Champagne glass shape is based on one of the boob's of the French King Louis XV's mistresses, Madame de Pompadour, although it might be better to not ask exactly what the long, thin Champagne flute glass shape is based on.