The 12 Days of Christmas with Champagne and Sparking Wine: Second Day

Francois Drappier launched the Champagne house that bears the family's surname in 1803, though the family had been in the region since the 17th Century. The estate goes back to the 12th Century, when Cistercian monks founded a monastery, planted vineyards and dug the vaulted cellars that are still a vital part of

the property. The Drappiers, now in the e…