The shallow champagne glass
originated with Marie Antoinette. It was first formed from wax moulds made of
her breasts!
Bubbles in Champagne were seen
by early wine makers as a highly undesirable defect to be prevented.
There are roughly 44 million
tiny bubbles in a bottle of sparkling wine.
A cork will escape a bottle of
sparkling wine at 38-40 mph.
Dom Perignon invented the
mushroom shaped cork and wire cage that allowed champagne to be safely
bottled. Previous attempts had all ended with popped corks.
According to scientist Bill
Lembeck there are approximately 49 million bubbles in a bottle of Champagne.
The word Champagne means "white
chalky plain".
Manufacturers of champagne can
only be labeled champagne if the wine is produced in the Champagne region of
France.
A raisin dropped in a glass of
fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the
glass to the top.
