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