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Sovetskoye Shampanskoye (Russian: Советское шампанское, lit. 'Soviet Champagne ') is a generic brand of sparkling wine produced in the Soviet Union and its successor states. It was produced for many years as a state-run initiative. Typically the wine is made from a blend of Aligoté and Chardonnay grapes.
Phylloxera appeared, vineyard growers rioted in 1910–11, the Russian and American markets were lost because of the Russian Revolution and Prohibition, and two World Wars made the vineyards of Champagne a battlefield.
16 sie 2019 · In 1944, the Allies liberated Champagne, and Klaebisch returned to Germany. At the war’s end, he was tried for economic crimes.
29 gru 2022 · One of the most devastating events inflicted on Champagne was World War I, when more than 40 percent of the region’s vineyards were destroyed.
6 cze 2024 · At the outset of the war, much of France's wine was simply looted by the Nazis (to the tune of two million bottles in Champagne in the first weeks of occupation alone).
10 sty 2014 · One of the chief victims of these marching and counter-marching legions is Champagne, which has rather unwisely positioned itself slap bang on the route of march for armies from the Huns (turned...
3 dni temu · Ukraine is pushing to be allowed to use Western weapons to attack Russian territory, a move that risks direct confrontation between Russia and Nato which would, in the words of Putin earlier...
