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Moet From 1914 Sells for More Than £10

Moët From 1914 Sells for More Than £10,000 at Sotheby’s

Moët & Chandon is one of the world’s most known and largest Champagne producers with approximately 30 million bottles made annually. The house was established back in 1743 and today owns over 1,000 hectares of vineyards and produces a wide selection of award winning Champagne. A news story back in 2013 regarding Moët & Chandon…

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How many bottles of Champagne are produced each year?

How many bottles of Champagne are produced each year?

Champagne produces about 300 million bottles of Champagne each year and is sold globally. The yearly sales figures have grown over recent years though now will remain around the same each year and is said to be mostly due to competition such as rival sales within Prosecco. Here’s a list of some of the Champagne…

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Sabrage - How to open Champagne with a sword

Sabrage – How to open Champagne with a sword

For many of us it will all be about the excitement of untwisting the cage and popping the cork of that Champagne / sparkling wine bottle, but there is another way! It dates back to the Napoleonic era when victories were often celebrated with a Champagne sabrage where the bottle is opened by sliding along…

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Famous Champagne Quotes

Famous Champagne Quotes

Champagne can lead many people to say the most amazing things, sober or not! Many quotes have been shared by the likes of film stars, politicians, sports stars and authors, here we have a list of some of the most well known words that Champagne have made people share: “Come quickly, I am tasting the…

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Champagne facts about bubbles

Champagne facts about bubbles

Many of us love the thought of enjoying a glass of Champagne and it is a globally loved product with millions of bottles being sold every year. How much do you actually know about Champagne though? Here are some fun and interesting facts about Champagne, how to impress your friends quotes when you are ordering…

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Champagne flute or coupe?

Champagne flute or coupe?

Champagne for many people is a special wine to enjoy so will usually require a little more thought to what you should drink it from, in most occasions the decision will be between a flute or a coupe. Which design is better? Flute: Scientists have stated that this style of glass will help both by…

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Champagne Grapes

Champagne Grapes

Champagne is a popular drink for celebrations such as New Year’s Eve. It has global market and is world famous with many well known venues and occasions serving it. It is a sparkling wine produced from grapes grown in the Champagne region of France within classified regions only. It is said that over 300 million…

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Champagne Lanson

Champagne Lanson

A famous Champagne brand and holding one of the longest histories, Champagne Lanson boasts a wide selection of awards and achievements to include holding a Royal Warrant given by Queen Victoria as an official supplier to the Court of England which they have retained ever since. Founded back in 1760 by Francois Delamotte, Champagne Lanson…

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Champagne Bottle Sizes

Champagne Bottle Sizes

They say at Christening’s the champagne bottle should be bigger than the baby! It is said that the European average weight of new born babies is 7.7 lb with the range of normal between 5.5 lb and 9.9 lb. This tells us that we need a magnum of Champagne to celebrate the birth of a…

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