The elixir of life; the
celebratory tonic; the Greek’s love potion; the seduction of bubbles leads to
no other than Champagne. Mention of the
word offers many emotions, from conquering love to applauding victory.
From the first sip of Moët,
victorious over the loss of my virginity; Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve drunk
atop Tehran Hilton’s bar, celebrating Pahlavi’s now forgotten dynasty; Pierrer
Jouët sipped at my wedding; Veuve Clicquot over dinner under the Paris night
sky after a romantic meandering through Pont Neuf crossing Jardin des Tuileries
back to an inviting four poster bed at the George V; GH Mumm at the Christening of our first born in
an English countryside; Tattenger imbibed
at the no-longer Windows of World, now Ground-Zero as we glided down Trump
Tower from a helicopter ride touring Manhattan; Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Rosé
bubbled our lips when daughter was born in Micronesia; and back to Moët for our
baby boy’s Christening in quaint and quirky Cheshire.
Seduction,
sexual adventures leading up to procreation unashamedly points to my life’s
journey with Champagne but do try to focus not on my sexual overtures but the
brilliant Champagne propaganda evoking these emotions so that the victory over
love, the toppling of empires and the enslaving of great minds do so by having
these bubbles dance on your tongue, tantalizing your taste buds, promising and
fantasizing those unreachable goals magically landing at your feet.
Bubble
in coupe glasses or flute glasses. Which
one shows your lack of style or your chic elegance? Champagne glasses of old known as the ‘coupe’
has a wide and shallow bowl. Legend has
it that the ‘coupe’ glass was molded from Marie Antoinette’s left breast, as
she wanted her court to toast her health by drinking from glasses shaped like
her bosom. Sex and champagne seems
always to go hand in hand even from ‘let them it cake’ days.
The
Champagne Flute is tall, thin bowl with a long sophisticated stem encapsulating
those fizzy bubbles with elegance. It
allows the bubbles to congregate and quickly rise to the top of the glass. The first sip explodes and as it washes down,
magical fantasies slowly conjure the mind and so many desires readily unfold.
With
your next drop of Champagne celebrating whatever victory, remember it gulp by
gulp as the sophistication and luxurious moment takes you wantonly into another
realm.
Saluté
