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48 Champagne Bottles Sabred in 1 minute – New World Record!
On New Years Eve, Frank Esposito, manager of Coral House in Baldwin, New York, set the new Guiness World record for the most Champagne bottles sabred in 60 seconds. Sabring is a technique used to open Champagne bottles using a sword called a sabre. It is usually performed at events and ceremonies. His score of…
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Champagne Afternoon Tea
Afternoon tea has been a British tradition for over 150 years. It was first introduced in England by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, in the year 1840. Evening meals were generally served around 8-9pm and The Duchess would become hungry around four o’clock in the afternoon so she would ask for a tray of tea,…
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Champagne Comtesse de Massy Brut Empire
Comtesse de Massy is a collaboraton between Francois Lavergne and Jean Milan. “An old style Champagne from ancestral tradition” This authentic traditional Champagne is a blend of a majority of barrel fermented Chardonnay reserved wines. Extended ageing on lees has allowed the wine to develop deel and rich flavours with aromas of almond, vanila and…
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Champagne F. Cuchet-Cez Reserve Brut
Visual Aspect It is a wine which suggests big attention all over the yellow dress straw and its bubbles of a big delicacy. Of a remarkable specific gravity, these bubbles form fine rosaries enlivening the inside of the glass so by a shifty and uninterrupted dance. Aspect of smell First lemon-flavoured with some naunces of…
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Could Champagne bubbles help address the world’s energy needs?
We knew it all along, Champagne is always the answer! Researchers in Tokyo may have discovered how Champagne bubbles could address the world’s future energy needs. Using Japan’s most powerful computer, they have explored the physcics of Champagne bubbles to help find better alternatives for efficient energy. “Uncork a bottle of champagne, and as the…
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New Champagne Bar, Glass House, set to open in Newcastle
A new luxury Champagne bar is set to open in Newcastle city centre in 2015. The bar, called Glass House, will be in the historic Milburn House on Dean Street. The venue will mostly serve as a wine and Champagne bar, but will also offer a whiskey cellar, tapas and canapes. The bar hopes to…
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Champagne Launay: The Gold Range
Blanc de blancs Extra Brut Vintage 2008 (100% Chardonnay from Barbonne Fayel) Deep light gold. A subtle bouquet of white flowers, and ripe white peaches, leading on to notes of dried fruit (pineapple and dried apricot). The texture is supple and mineral, intense with very good length. Grande Réserve (50% Chardonnay – 50% Pinot Noir)…
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Champagne Launay: The Silver Range
Tradition (60% Chardonnay – 40% Pinot Noir) Pale gold. Ripe bouquet of white fruit (peach and pear), with hints of dried or candied fruits producing a complexity of aromas. Straightforward supple texture, with lightness and plenty of length. Its maturity really comes through Réserve (40% Chardonnay – 60% Pinot Noir) Brilliant light gold. A rich,…
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Champagne Pierre Launay
Champagne Pierre Launay was established by Pierre Launay and his wife in 1973 in Barbonne-Fayel Sézannais in the south of the Cote des Blancs. The vineyard consists of 14 hectares, the Launay’s are driven by a desire to produce wines of highest quality while respecting the nature of the terrior, the ecology, environment. The three…
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