Thanks for sharing. Always good to find a real epxert.
Webster Unabridged
Cham*pagne" (?), n. [F. See
Champaign.] A light wine, of several kinds,
originally made in the province of Champagne, in
France.
&fist; Champagne properly includes several kinds not
only of sparkling but of still wines; but in America the term is
usually restricted to wines which effervesce.
Webster Unabridged