I Am Drinking Stars! A History of Champagne [Hardcover]

Gerhard Steidl (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 12, 2009

Dom Pierre Perignon tells the story of the world's most luxurious champagne, tracing its circuitous history across four centuries, arranged in three chapters--one each for the seventeenth, eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Beautifully produced, in keeping with its subject, this page-turning luxury object unravels the myth of Dom Perignon champagne, beginning with its namesake--the pioneering Benedictine Monk Dom Pierre Perignon--who set out to create the best wine in the world. Offering glimpses of the champagne-infused hedonism of Louis XV's court at Versailles, Marilyn Monroe's glamorous affiliation with the beverage and Karl Lagerfeld's recent advertising campaign for the brand, this volume incorporates a spectrum of artifacts, including texts, drawings, paintings, photographs and film stills from artists and writers such as Francois Boucher, Denis Diderot and Jonathan Swift.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 140 pages
• Publisher: Steidl (October 12, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3865217508
• ISBN-13: 978-3865217509
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,427,571 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)