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 | | Columbus, Lenin and Dom Perignon -- losers all. |
 | | In this tale, the accident is usually attributed to a monk, Dom Perignon, a fine vintner of grapes who lived from 1638 to 1715. |
 | | For a long time the French looked down on the drink (also a mistake); it was taken up mostly by the English, the greatest quaffers of Champagne for two centuries, who preferred the driest possible Champagne (still sometimes called cuvee anglaise), which the Russians, who liked sweet Champagne, thought was a mistake. |
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