Everyone knows the French are super sophisticated, don‚Äôt get fat and make the world‚Äôs best champagne. Well, turns out the Brits have a little bit to do with that. Throwback to the early 19th Century and the English were considered Europe‚Äôs champagne dons - they‚Äôre also to thank for the first great successes of sparkling champagne wines. Why? ‚ÄòCause the English complained wines were often ‚Äútoo sweet‚Äù and not dry enough. Madame Clicquot (of the legendary Veuve Clicquot brand) took note and created a special dry and not-so-sweet champagne - Dry England - to keep the English happy. Result. On Tuesday March 8th a Veuve Clicquot vertical tasting session was held at the ICA 's Nash and Brandon Rooms for UK‚Äôs top wine critics to do what Madame Clicquot did so many years ago, keep the English happy by tasting the best of the champagne world. Chef de Caves AKA super winemaker Dominique Demarville hosted the event, acclaimed set designer Petra Storrs styled the Brandon Room with shipping artifacts - old leather travel cases, hand made wooden ships, travel compasses - to bring back a little history of wine bottles travelling through the French port of Dieppe. The installations centre piece was one of the very few Veuve Clicquot bottles left to be found that is stamped with  ªEngland º still engraved on the Yellow Label, dating back to 1919. Check out what went down in the video above. p.s. You can download the lovely French vibes soundtrack from the day here.