Blonde Girl With A Glass Of Champagne Strips A Pink Negligee On The Antique Chair

Champagne has been an integral part of sports celebration since Moët et Chandon started offering their Champagne to the winners of Formula 1 Grand Prix events. At the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans, winner Dan Gurney started the tradition of drivers spraying the crowd and each other. Instead of pushing the cork out, a Champagne bottle can be opened by holding the cork and rotating the bottle at an angle in order to ease out the stopper, a method that reduces the risk of spilling or spraying any Champagne, and that also stops the cork flying out of the bottle at speed.
A sabre can be used to open a Champagne bottle with great ceremony. This technique is called sabrage (the term is also used for simply breaking the head of the bottle).