Champagne Fun Facts

You've heard the quote about Dom Pérignon "tasting stars," but did you know that…

Published on Dec 5, 2005

Champagne Fun Facts

Use any of these fun facts about Champagne as a conversation starter at your Holiday parties.

· By the law of averages, you are more likely to be killed by a flying Champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

· The speed of a popped Champagne cork ranges between 35 and 100 miles per hour.

· High-society dandies in 19th-century England insisted that the only way to properly polish boots was with Champagne.

· Scientists with way too much time on their hands have actually created a formula to measure how many bubbles there are in a standard 750-ml bottle of Champagne. Answer: between 44 and 57 million bubbles.

· A neat bar trick: A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh Champagne will continually circulate from the bottom of the glass to the top and back again.

· To build a pyramid of Champagne glasses for a Champagne cascade, the following ratio is considered best:

Base level=60 glasses

First level= 30 Second level= 10 Third level= 4 Fourth level= 1

· In a case of history repeating itself, marketing surveys have shown that attendees of R and B, rap, or hip-hop concerts are 94 percent more likely than the average person to drink Champagne.

Reprinted by arrangement with Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., from ALCOHOLICA ESOTERICA by Ian Lendler.

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