Top 100 Best Champagne Accessories and Resources

"Champagne is the wine of civilization and the oil of government." - Winston Churchill.

"My only regret in life is that I did not drink more Champagne." - John Meynard Keynes.

"Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right." - F. Scott Fitzgerald.

"I drink Champagne when I win, to celebrate . . . and I drink Champagne when I lose, to console myself." - Napoleon Bonaparte.

"I only drink champagne when I'm happy and when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink it when I'm alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I'm not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it - unless I'm thirsty." - Madame Lilly Bolinger.

• 5 things you should know about the champagne you'll drink tonight - The Verge.
• 7 Best Champagnes to Pop This New Year’s Eve - "Ring in 2024 with these superb bottles of bubbly."
• 8 Ways You're Probably Drinking Champagne Wrong - TIME Magazine.
• 9 Of The Best Champagne Cocktails To Serve This Holiday Season - Forbes.
• 10 Most Expensive Champagnes in the World (2024) - "Discover the most expensive Champagne wines of 2024, according to Wine-Searcher: Louis Roederer Cristal 'Gold Medallion' Orfevres Limited Edition Brut Millésime. - Jacques Selosse Millésime. - Louis Roederer Cristal Vinothèque Edition Brut Rosé Millésimé. - Jacques Selosse 'Origine' Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Brut. - Krug Clos du Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Brut."
• 10 of the best regions in Europe for sparkling wine - "The bubbles don’t just stop in champagne country. Here’s where to find the fizz from Germany to Romania via Dorset and Catalonia."
• 100 bottles of champagne found in 19th Century wreck - "When divers in the Baltic Sea first saw the wreck on the sonar, they thought it was a fishing boat. But when they went to investigate, they found a 19th Century sailing ship, 'loaded to the sides' with champagne, wine, mineral water and porcelain. They counted more than 100 bottles of champagne in the wreck, off the coast of Sweden."
• 100-Point Champagne Wine Finds A Perfect Balance Blending Three Outstanding Vintages - "Last year, the recently released Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle Itération N.26 was given a 100-point score by world-renowned wine critic James Suckling, and he also named it his 'Wine of the Year' out of a selection of 39,000 bottles."
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• 1907 Heidsieck & Co. Monopole Champagne GoÛt AmÉricain Baltic Wreck JÖnkÖping - Wikipedia.
• 2023 World's Best Champagne - According To The 2023 Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships - "The formidable title of 'Supreme World Champion' went to a 2008 vintage of Millésime Rare Champagne from producer Piper-Heidsieck."
• A good year for Champagne - drought problem elsewhere - "The Champagne region is set for a good harvest with output seen above the five-year average, helped by rainfall in June and limited vine disease, it said."
• A wine-lover’s guide to Champagne - The Telegraph.
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• Alessi - since 1921. "For the home sommeliers and mini bar enthusiasts, our barware and wine accessories range from uniquely Alessi corkscrews and bottle openers to cocktail mixing kits."
• Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt To Start New Champagne Partnership - "Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are beginning a new business partnership to start producing rosé champagne. It’s an extension of their successful Miraval rosé wine label in Provence."
• Another record year for Champagne expected - "Champagne sales are expected to reach a new record this year, despite inflation that could have made consumers shun the expensive bubbly, producers said ahead of the start of year-end celebrations around the world. Champagne sales reached an all-time high last year at 5.7 billion euros ($6.05 billion), as the relaxation of pandemic-related curbs fuelled a surge in exports."
• Aristocrat takes legal action as former erotic film star promotes champagne brand founded by his forefathers - The Telegraph.
• Artemest - "Bar Cabinets & Cool Accessories for the Connoisseur." A selection of stylish bar cabinets manufactured by some of the most talented cabinet makers in Italy and accessories any connoisseur would fall for - crystal whisky bottles, silver ice buckets and champagne holders, and exquisite decanters in Murano glass.
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• Avenue de Champagne - famous street located in Épernay, the 'Capital of champagne', in the Champagne-Ardenne Région of France. Its name derives from the presence of many leading champagne producers such as Moët et Chandon, Mercier and De Castellane. Residents say that this avenue is the most expensive in the world, more so than the Champs-Élysées in Paris, because of the millions of bottles of champagne stored in the kilometres of chalk cellars beneath it.
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• BACCARAT - champagne flutes & coupes.
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• BACCARAT CHAMPAGNE COOLER - Harcourt champagne bucket.
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• Baccarat Crystal Champagne flutes & coupes Glasses - since 1764. "The World's Finest Crystal." A symbol of beauty and crystallized perfection, Baccarat has been a celebration of transfigured senses since the Age of Enlightenment.
• Balthazar - 12-litre champagne or wine bottle.
• Belgium crushes 2,000 cans of Miller High Life over ‘champagne of beers’ slogan - "Comité Champagne asks for destruction of shipment on grounds Miller High Life’s motto infringes champagne’s protected origin."
• Best Value Champagnes for 2024 - "Often associated with the finer things in life, these 10 Champagnes prove you can have all that without straying into ruin."
• BLIND WINE TASTE TESTING - in marketing, a Blind Taste Test is often used as a tool for companies to compare their brand to another brand. To ensure impartial judgment of a wine, it should be served blind - that is, without the taster(s) having seen the label or bottle shape.
• BOTTLED & BOXED - "Champagne delivery next day in the U.K. Worldwide in 2 to 3 days."
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• Carrs Silver - since 1977. "This elegant swizzle stick is made to the highest standards from 925 Sterling Silver offering a timeless product that is perfect for a gift or to add a touch of class to your drinks cabinet."
• CHAMPAGNE - Wikipedia.
• Champagne bubbles: the science - "As you uncork that bottle and raise your glass, take time to toast physics and chemistry along with the New Year. The complex science in your glass of champagne. A flute or coupe filled with a sparkling wine has become the very essence of celebration, but there is more going on with the bubbles than you might think."
• Champagne Cheat Sheet - The New York Times.
• Champagne In Crisis Talks - Grapes Might Be Destroyed Due To Poor Sales - "Champagne producers have been hit hard by the pandemic–fewer people are able to celebrate occasions and come together in groups where champagne is traditionally drunk. A crisis meeting has been called for August 18th, where decisions will have to be made about whether to destroy excess grapes or sell them to make hand sanitizer–both of which would have been unthinkable one year ago."
• Champagne in space: High-tech bottle gets test flight - "Future space tourists may be sipping champagne in orbit if a uniquely designed twin-chambered bottle with 'egg cup' glasses proves a success."
• Champagne on the Rocks? It’s This Summer’s Drink - The New York Times.
• CHAMPAGNE PRODUCERS - Wikipedia.
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• Champagne Room - at The Connaught hotel, Mayfair, London, U.K. "A hidden gem, at the heart of the hotel, the Champagne Room is a beautiful yet intimate place, perfect for drinks for two or a party of 25. Choose from a selection of eight prestige champagnes, fine wines and rare spirits."
• CHAMPAGNE SERVING - "On the Losses of Dissolved CO₂ during Champagne Serving." Rules for pouring champagne correctly.
• Champagne’s formula is changing for the first time in 90 years - "After nearly 90 years, the French have allowed a new grape variety to be added to the sparkling wine in attempt to future-proof production of the beverage."
• Charles Heidsieck celebrates 150th anniversary with the Collection Crayères auction at Christie's - The Telegraph.
• ComitÉ Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne | CIVC - since 1941. "Champagne Only Comes From Champagne, France." Organisation grouping the actors of the Champagne production and trade - growers, cooperatives and merchants - under the direction of the government.
• Co-op own-brand champagne better than MoËt, says Which? - "Supermarket’s bubbly deemed as good as Mumm and best value for Christmas."
• CUVÉE - Wikipedia.
• CUVÉE CHAMPAGNE - eHow.
• Dom PÉrignon offers the ultimate dining experience with Alain Ducasse at the ChÂteau de Versailles - The Telegraph.
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• Dom PÉrignon RosÉ 1959 Vintage - reaches a record price of US$84,700 at a historic rare champagne auction in New York.
• Dom PÉrignon Scrapped Its Entire 2023 Champagne Vintage - "Inside the cellar master's decision to walk away from an entire year. Realizing the entire 2023 vintage was just not good enough, Chaperon rejected the entire cellar of base wine."
• Domaine Evremond: Champagne moment: Sophie raises glass to Taittinger’s sparkling Kent wine - "'God could not have done it better than that,' said Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger, the honorary president of Taittinger champagne, as rain poured over the Kent countryside on Thursday afternoon. Nine years after the champagne house bought land in Chilham, the Domaine Evremond winery will sell a sparkling wine with hints of the county’s ‘sea and soil’."
• Drinking from shoes - has historically been performed as both a bringer of good fortune and as a hazing punishment. Drinking champagne from a lady's slipper became a symbol of decadence in the early 20th century.
• English wine that's rivalling Champagne - "As a result of climate change, English wine producers are now able to grow grapes traditionally associated with Champagne and producing top-quality sparkling wine."
• EPERNAY - "Pays de Champagne." Official website.
• F1 signs deal with $3000-per-bottle Carbon champagne brand - motorsport.com.
• FINE Champagne Magazine - the first champagne magazine in the world.
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• FOUET - (also in French: moser, mosser, batteur, agitateur or moussoir. English: swizzle stick). A slender (gold) tube from which retractable spines emerge in a whisk-broom effect which can eliminate the carbonated effect from the wine, when briskly agitated in the glass.
• France to make twice as much Champagne 2022 - "Champagne production in France is expected to almost double this year, with overall wine production up 16% compared with frost-ravaged 2021 output, although drought and heatwaves have curbed prospects in some regions, the farm ministry said on Wednesday. Overall wine production was projected at 44.0 million hectolitres this year, in the middle of an initial range of 42.6-45.6 million projected by the ministry last month. A hectolitre is the equivalent of 100 litres, or about 133 standard wine bottles."
• French champagne industry group fumes over new Russian law - "The law, signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, requires all foreign producers of sparkling wine to describe their product as such on the back of the bottle - though not on the front - while makers of Russian 'shampanskoye' may continue to use that term alone."
• Glass of Bubbly - since 2011. "Champagne & Sparkling Wine news, views & expert advice website and Global Magazine."
• Growers & producers at odds in France's 'champagne wars' - "Coronavirus has hit the industry hard, with division over how to respond."
• Harvesting Grapes in France, With Champagne as Reward - The New York Times.
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• Henry Tuke - Damascus Steel & Sterling Silver Champange Sabre: £27,000.
• Here's Why You Should Think Twice Before Refrigerating Your Champagne - HuffPost Life.
• HISTORY OF CHAMPAGNE - Wikipedia.
• Hot, dry summer forces early start to Champagne harvest - "Champagne grape pickers have had to start the harvest earlier this year, as climate change forces the makers of the French sparkling wine to rethink how they make the coveted bubbly."
• How three widows came to rule Champagne - "The little-known history of Champagne. While women were barred from owning businesses in 19th Century France, three widows, who were exempt from the rule, created some of Champagne's most lauded empires."
• How To Build A Champagne Tower - "Step one: The first step is to figure out how many tiers tall you want your tower to be. You have 1 glass on the top (1×1=1) and then 4 on the ..."
• How to Make Bubbly Punch - The New York Times.
• How Veuve Clicquot, Louboutin & the Luxury World Fight to Protect Their Colors - "From Tiffany, to Veuve, to Louboutin, luxury brands have used signature colors be quickly identified. They have to fight to keep it their own."
• JEROBOAM - a wine bottle holding the equivalent of four normal bottles (approximately 104 ounces). Also called: double-magnum.
• KATHARINE POOLEY - champagne buckets.
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• KRUG PICNIC TRUNK - by Pinel & Pinel.
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• LAGUIOLE Champagne Saber
• List of Champagne houses - Wikipedia
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• Louis Vuitton Champagne Case Monogram - "The Champagne Case Monogram celebrates the Maison’s art de vivre. A functional layout fuses with creativity to create an elegant and noble case."
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• Louis Vuitton X Dom Perignon Limited Edition Champagne Carrier - price: US$1,780. Collector's item. Limited numbers of 1,000 pieces were manufactured in year 2000.
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• LUISA Beccaria - since 1991. "Luisa Beccaria encompasses a bespoke lifestyle that extends to fashion, homeware, accessories, interior design, and even special Italian delicacies produced in a time-honoured way - sustainably and biologically." Set Of Six Flute Multi Color.
• Maison Veuve Clicquot launches Extra Brut Extra Old - The Telegraph.
• Meet Madame Clicquot: the trail blazing widow who changed the face of champagne - The Telegraph.
• Most Expensive Champagnes in the World - Forbes.
• Myths & facts about treating a hangover - "Are you celebrating the first day of 2023 with a hangover? If so, you might be looking for a method to ease your misery. There are certainly a lot of so-called hangover cures, some dating back centuries."
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• N'Damus London - since 2006. "Champagne & Wine Holders." Handmade leather bottle holders offers a safe and stylish way to carry champagne and wine to dinner or as a luxury dinner gift.
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• Nebuchadnezzar - "15 Litres of Champagne and are equal to 20 Standard Champagne Bottles."
• Never put your champagne in the fridge - The Telegraph.
• Party over for Champagne as sales set to drop after two record years - "Champagne sales and exports are expected to fall this year, pressured by inflation and a return to a more normal rhythm after record sales in the past two years due to the lifting of pandemic-related curbs, producers said on Wednesday. Sales are expected to reach around 314 million bottles in 2023, French industry group Comite Champagne (Champagne Committee) said in a statement. That compared with 326 million sold in 2022."
• Perrier-JouËt reopens Maison Belle Epoque - Vintage art nouveau.
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• PHILIP STEIN - wine wands.
• Plunge Champagne in ice bucket for 40 minutes to create the perfect cork 'pop' - The Telegraph.
• PRESTIGE CUVÉE - "A Guide to Deluxe Champagne." The Cult of Champagne. Gayot.
• Prosecco no longer considered a luxury, experts say - The Telegraph.
• Rehoboam - a wine bottle, used especially for champagne, holding the equivalent of six normal bottles or 4.8 liters (5 quarts, approximately 156 ounces).
• SABRAGE - technique for opening a Champagne bottle with a saber, used for ceremonial occasions. The wielder slides the saber along the body of the bottle to break the entire neck away, leaving only the base of the bottle, open and ready to pour.
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• Saint-Louis Cristallerie - founded in 1586. The oldest & one of the most prestigious manufacturer of Glassmaking in Europe. Champagne & ice buckets.
• 'Shamefully good': Stephen Colbert reacts to Tom Hanks' new cocktail creation - "During an appearance on 'The Late Show,' actor Tom Hanks recreated his unusual cocktail creation with host Stephen Colbert. See how the duo react to The Diet Cokagne, a mix of Diet Coke and champagne."
• Shampanskoye: French champagne industry in a fizz over Russian law - "Non-Russian producers now required to mark their bottles as sparkling wine. If anything is guaranteed to get French wine producers in a fizz, it is the suggestion that champagne can be made anywhere outside the Champagne region in France. As a protected appellation, the term is jealously guarded and legally defended. As the Champagne committee’s website clearly states: 'Champagne only comes from Champagne'."
• Shoey - the act of drinking an alcoholic beverage from a shoe.
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• SIEGER by FÜRSTENBERG - "Sip of Gold." Champagne goblet is a combination of wafer-thin porcelain and the finest precious metal.
• SodaStream’s new concentrate lets you mix your own champagne - engadget.
• Sotheby's to Hold the Biggest Champagne-Only Auction to Date - "The Largest Private Wine Collection Ever Auctioned Is Heading to Sotheby’s. Part of a series of sales around the globe, the next two will feature Champagne and Burgundy."
• SPARKLING WINE - Wikipedia.
• Supermarkets' own-brand champagne beats French houses in Which? test - "Morrisons’ Adrien Chopin Brut tops list followed by Waitrose’s Brut, while Moët & Chandon and Veuve Clicquot trail."
• surprising truth about champagne - "The little-known history of Champagne. While women were barred from owning businesses in 19th Century France, three widows, who were exempt from the rule, created some of Champagne's most lauded empires."
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• SWAINE ADENEY BRIGG - Double Champagne / Wine Bar." Uniquely handcrafted portable bar covered in bridle leather, lined in green bonded leather and complemented with solid brass fittings.
• The Champagne fairs - fairs that were held in the city of Troyes during the festival of Saint-Vincent (9-15 July), and Saint Remi (1st or 2nd November).
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• The Champagne Key - "The $100,000 Solid Gold Champagne Opener." Transforms the opening of a champagne bottle, from an art, into a science. A precision tool, that incorporates patented technology, specifically designed to allow the cork to be used as an easily controlled valve, for a perfect open every time.
• The Finest Bubble - "Prestige Champagnes & English Sparkling Wines." Same day Champagne delivery.
• The State Of Champagne: An Interview With G.H. Mumm - "With so many sparkling wine competitors in the world market, from Spain, Italy and California, Champagne has managed to maintain a healthy growth rate, even with the introduction of smaller estates in Reims and Epernay joining the big established marques. To assess the current state of Champagne, I interviewed Laurent Fresnet, Cellar Master at G.H. Mumm, while he was visitng New York last month."
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• The White Company London - since 1993. "Everything you need for stylish living - mainly in white." It’s easy to raise a glass with this elegant new champagne flute. Made from quality crystal, it’s just the thing to celebrate in style. Just add something sparkly.
• THE WORLD'S MOST COVETED CHAMPAGNES - Forbes.
• The Year of Champagnes You’ve Never Heard Of - The New York Times.
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• Tiffany & Co. - since 1837. "A perfect drink starts with top-shelf bar tools and accessories that allow you to shake or stir like a pro. Set up your bar, pour your favorite cocktail and raise a glass to the ultimate happy hour with Tiffany." All collections.
• Treasure trove of 120 year-old Pol Roger champagne unearthed from collapsed cellar - The Telegraph.
• Ultra-Exclusive $3,000 Champagne Comes Wrapped In Carbon - Forbes.
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• Varga Art Crystal - handcrafted in Budapest Hungary by master glass Artisans. Champagne buckets.
• Veuve Clicquot & Yayoi Kusama Come Together For A Limited-Edition Bottle & Sculpture - "Champagne and dots. The connection seems disparate at first, but it’s a connection Veuve Clicquot quickly realized when they brought on artist Yayoi Kusama to design a new collector’s edition bottle featuring the artist’s favorite subject, the dot, which she uses as a bridge to champagne’s most famous quality, the bubble."
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• VEUVE CLICQUOT REFRIGERATORS BY SMEG - DESIGN & INNOVATION - since 1948. "Smeg launches a new line of colourful fridges in partnership with Veuve Clicquot to celebrate the French Maison's 250th anniversary. 13 years after the first historic collaboration between Smeg and Veuve Clicquot in 2009, the two brands are back with a new special edition partnership to celebrate the first 250 years of the French Maison."
• Vintage - Wikipedia.
• Vintage Champagne - Decanter.
• Why France's champagne buble has burst - "France's champagne industry goes flat amid pandemic. It's been an exceptional year in Champagne."
• Wine bottle sizes - Wikipedia.
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• Winston Churchill drank 42,000 bottles of champagne Between 1908 & 1965 - 1,411 QI Facts To Knock You Sideways.
• Why Do We Celebrate with Champagne? - LiveScience.
• world bought more champagne than ever 2021 - "Champagne houses are celebrating after sales and exports set new records last year even as pandemic lockdowns forced many bars and restaurants to close. Comité Champagne, a trade association representing more than 16,000 winegrowers and 320 Champagne houses, said Wednesday that France exported a record 180 million bottles of bubbly in 2021, an increase of 38% over the previous year. Global sales of champagne also hit a record €5.5 billion ($6.2 billion)."
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• World of Diamonds Group - swizzle stick with 20 white diamonds on an 18-Karat gold spinning globe as its crown.
• World’s Best Champagne - According To The Experts - Forbes.