Paul,
Got him in one. You forgot his FRS, though. Dom Perignon, who
supposedly spent his time making Champagne, spent it trying to stop
the plonk going fizzy. And of course, exploding the bottles.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 12/04/2011, at 5:33 AM, Paul G Dodd wrote:
The 17th century British doctor and scientist Christopher Merrett. He
wrote
on a range of diverse subjects including tin mining, the flow of sap
through
trees, glassmaking, sparkling wine production, fossils (and his
"guess" that
they were of organic origin), and compiled lists of British fauna,
including
birds.
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On Behalf Of Carl
Clifford
Sent: Saturday, 9 April 2011 10:26 PM
To: Birding-Aus Aus
Subject: Champagne and British Birds.
A trivia question. Who drew up the first list of British birds and
also developed what is now call the Méthode Champenoise system of
making sparkling wines?
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
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