Stephen Skelton: The Knight who Invented Champagne: How Sir Kenelm Digby developed strong glass bottles – verre anglais – which enabled wine and cider makers to produce bottle-fermented sparkling wines

Authors

  • James Crowden Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27838

Keywords:

Champagne, Sir Kenelm Digby, glass bottles, wine, cider, bottle-fermented sparkling wines

Abstract

Stephen Skelton: The Knight who Invented Champagne: How Sir Kenelm Digby developed strong glass bottles – verre anglais – which enabled wine and cider makers to produce bottle-fermented sparkling wines: S.P. Skelton Ltd., 2021: 168 pp., paperback, £27.50.

Author Biography

  • James Crowden, Independent Scholar

    James Crowden is author of Cider: the Forgotten Miracle (1999) and Ciderland (2008), as well as Cider Country (2021). Not merely writing about cider and orchards, James has many books to his credit spanning poetry, topography and history, much of it concerned with the south-western counties of England.

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Published

2021-08-01

Issue

PPC 120 (2021)

Section

Book Reviews

How to Cite

Crowden, James. 2021. “Stephen Skelton: The Knight Who Invented Champagne: How Sir Kenelm Digby Developed Strong Glass Bottles – Verre Anglais – Which Enabled Wine and Cider Makers to Produce Bottle-Fermented Sparkling Wines”. Petits Propos Culinaires, August, 124-25. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27838.