Thousands of bottles of champagne mature in one of the Roman Cellars in Reims, France, where they are left to develop their famed ‘bubbly’ qualities, ca. 1910.
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Around 80 B.C., the Romans dug a salt and chalk mine beneath the city, now within the Champagne region. Local winemakers discovered a new use for these caves hundreds of years later, in the 1600s: Champagne storage. The caves are still in use today and open to visitors.
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