How each champagne bottle has 49million bubbles, the cork flies at 100mph...
   Champagne is a universal pick-me-up. As Lily Bollinger — late heiress
   of the famous champagne house — put it: ‘I only drink champagne when
   Love Champagne, and has all the answers.
   champagne’s flavour; I love its fizziness; I love the sense of drama
   When popped, a champagne cork normally travels at 40mph, but some can
   If a raisin is dropped into a glass of champagne, it will repeatedly
   Legend has it that the first champagne coupe that was made in the 18th
   bubbles alive for longer, making the champagne fizzier.
Who invented champagne?
   Champagne.
   champagnes, Dom Perignon, and famously said to fellow monks: ‘Brothers,
   champagne so special. Christopher Merret outlined this process to the
   And because champagne can only be made within a small region of France
   ‘Champagne is the only wine that leaves a woman beautiful after
   According to Davy Zyw, all champagnes are made up of four
   ‘I believe one of the most important aspects of champagne and whether
   or not you like or dislike a champagne is down to its “toastiness”,’ he
   Most major champagne-makers age standard wines for two to three years
   champagne character.
   He adds: ‘These flavours are exclusive to champagne, and your enjoyment
   Champagnes age better in magnums, which are twice the size of standard
   But as the French Resistance was relatively strong in Champagne, it
   Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne was created, designed to protect
   He told Odette Pol Roger, the grande dame of her family’s champagne
   house who died aged 89 in 2000: ‘I could not live without champagne.
   not just France we are fighting for, it’s champagne!’
   connections to promote his champagne in the royal court of the early
   in Champagne, tunnelling 125ft below Reims and the only cellars in the
   All champagne grape juice is clear when pressed, so any colour comes
   Rosé, or pink champagne can be made two ways; either leaving the juice
   According to Davy Zyw, because the land where champagne can be made is
   Londoners have been renowned for consuming the same amount of champagne
   given to only 17 villages. A champagne can be called Grand Cru only if
     * Adapted from I Love Champagne: Fall In Love With 50 Of The World’s
       Best Champagnes by Davy Zyw, published by Freight Books at £12.99.
       peachy bottom as she drinks champagne from the bottle in tiny white