101 Champagne Cocktails

101 Champagne Cocktails

“Corks popping, frothy liquid flowing, a cold crispy freshness . . . nothing quite so perfectly reflects the notion of ‘the best in life.’ This is a book for celebrants. It’s a book for romantics. It’s a book for the entertainerwho wants a light, fresh concoction that can bring people together to accent the joys of the day. So break out the bubbly and toast!” -From 101 Champagne Cocktails

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Libbey Vina Trumpet Champagne Flute, Set of 6

Libbey Vina Trumpet Champagne Flute, Set of 6

The Vina Trumpet Flute is designed to be part of the popular Vina series of stemware by Libbey that includes a Round Wine, Stemless Red and White Wine, Tall Wine, Margarita and Martini. The Trumpet Flute is appropriate for all types of sparkling wine.

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Tom Stevenson’s Champagne & Sparkling Wine Guide

Tom Stevenson's Champagne & Sparkling Wine Guide

4th Edition The pocket edition of Tom Stevenson’s newest guide to champagne is not just a diminutive edition of its larger cousin, Christie’s World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine, it is the newest, most up-to-date work, with a less assuming and mobile size by the author hailed as, “An authority acknowledged even by the Champenois.” His renown is matched only by his love of the stuff, which stamps each sentence with that distinctive Stevenson style: “The Titanic (more…)

Metrokane Velvet Champagne and Wine Sealer

Metrokane Velvet Champagne and Wine Sealer

This sealer works equally well on wine and champagne bottles. As you turn the sealer clockwise it expands within the bottle to seal it and preserve your wine and champagne.

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The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It (P.S.) (Paperback)

The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It (P.S.)

Amazon.com Review

Amazon Best of the Month, October 2008: With its trademark fizz and sparkling taste, champagne has long been the beverage of choice for those in a celebratory mood. From the artillery of popping corks on New Year’s Eve to the clinking of newlywed glasses, a bit of the bubbly has locked arms with good cheer for centuries. Yet had it not been for the pioneering Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin, the libation deemed “the wine of civilization” by Winston Churchill might today (more…)