National Champagne Day/National No Interruptions Day

Well here it is folks - the final blog post for 2013, thus concluding our first year of DailyTastyNugget, and a year’s worth of silly National Holidays!! 

Conveniently, today is National Champagne Day, which will be useful, as I need to decompress from this year and get things ready for the 2014 edition of the blog! (Joking – I will not be drinking to prepare for next year!) It is also National No Interruptions Day, which is essential for the same reason as I just joked about. However, with the day I have planned, I won’t have much time to not be interrupted, but I’m quite content with that! So, here we go, one last double-holiday to end this interesting year! Champagne is both a region in France and “a sparkling wine […] following rules that demand secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to create carbonation.” 

(Image found at http://www.thorntonwine.com/champagne-facts)

It is believed that the Romans were the first to plant vineyards in this northeastern region of France sometime around the 5^th century (although there is conflicting evidence that suggests it may have taken place earlier than that).  The Champagne region of France was not ideal for making red wine, which created a bit of a rivalry between Burgundy (who were excellent red wine makers, apparently). As a result, Champenois began searching for their own variety of wine, which as we now know today, is none other than champagne. There is a legend that exists that famous champagne-maker Dom Pérignon was the inventor of champagne. However, this is simple untrue as the “oldest recorded sparkling wine is Blanquette de Limoux, which was apparently invented by Benedictine Monks in the Abbey of Saint-Hilaire, near Carcassonne in 1531.” Pérignon, on the other hand, didn’t begin creating his version of champagne until the 1600s. As it was traditionally consumed, today champagne is usually served as a means of indicating celebration of some sort, such as ringing in a new year! 

Now, to avoid any other unforeseen interruptions, lets tackle National No Interruptions Day. As I’m sure you can guess, this is directly related to National Tick Tock Day, in that the purpose of this Day is to remove all interruptions from one’s day in order to complete any remaining tasks required to achieve the goals of the year. And, since my new years resolution was to maintain this blog for an entire year (which this blog post indicates – despite an incredibly unforeseen family emergency). So, without further ado, I shall conclude the 2013 DailyTastyNugget Daily National Holidays theme. But YOU aren’t done yet…you still have to vote on the final Daily Poll of the year! 

Happy New Year to each of my readers! Thank you for sticking with me throughout the year. Don’t forget to check back tomorrow for the newly revised and revamped blog, and to learn the theme for 2014! Be safe! Until next year…