Dom Perignon is one of the top Champagne brands known to man. This is the go to champagne for many presidents and other notable members of society. The champagne is named after Dom Perignon, a Benedictine monk who pioneered such things as corks and using thicker glass for champagne bottles.
According to Wikipedia ”The first buyers of Dom Pérignon 1921 were 150 customers of Simon Bros & Co, the company that imported Moët in the United Kingdom, which ordered the first 300 bottles. The wine got immediate attention in the marketplace and 100 boxes were shipped to the United States shortly thereafter. James Buchanan Duke, the billionaire who had founded the American Tobacco Company, ordered 100 bottles for himself. The 17 bottles sold at an auction in Christie’s in New York City in June 2004 were part of that order (Doris Duke, the billionaire’s daughter, had kept them in her cellar). According to Dom Pérignon cellar master Richard Geoffroy, the 1921 vintage had a “distinctive bouquet comprising sandalwood, vanilla and praline.”
Check out some cool pictures of the different packages and bottles that Dom comes in below.
