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NEWS ABOUT: champagne

champagne stories: 8 news summaries

Bubbly Really
Is All About
the Bubbles

Fizzy bits hold up to
30 times the flavor as rest of drink, study finds

Sep 29, 09 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - It turns out the bubbles are indeed the most important part of “the bubbly.” According to a new study, most of a champagne’s flavor comes from its bubbles, which contain up to 30 times more flavorful chemicals than the rest of the drink. It’s a watershed... More »

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study • wine • drink • champagne

OPINION

 Multifaceted 
 Chardonnay 
 a Welcome 
 Surprise 

Price does matter, but it's possible to find exciting varieties

Jul 24, 09 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chardonnay is ubiquitous, but the “countless weak versions,” especially in the $10 category, disappoint wine lovers, writes Eric Arnold in Forbes. Nevertheless, Americans gulped down about 60 million 9-liter cases in 2008. If you’re willing to beef up your budget and experiment a bit, you may be... More »

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alcohol • wine • champagne • alcohol consumption • chardonnay • Jay-ZTV • white wine

 Sex Would Lift 
 Flaccid Space 
 Travel: Expert 

Hanky panky, champagne would boost funding: historian

Jun 20, 09 6:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Why should flight attendants have all the fun? A respected NASA historian is proposing that astronauts too should join the mile-high club, Bloomberg reports. “Sex in space, now there’s an experiment scientists certainly want to conduct,” James Hansen declared in a lecture at the 100th Paris Air... More »

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NASA • space • sex • Paris Air Show • astronauts • champagne




 Mais Non! French Ditch 
 the Champagne Cork 

Don't fret: new metal cork will still create pop and fizz

Apr 17, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fed up with imperfect corks tainting its high-end Champagne, one French winemaker is tossing tradition aside in favor of a—gasp!—aluminum cork. BBC reports. Before you faint in horror, Duval-Leroy stresses that this is no screw-top cap: the new plug will make the same pop and spray a... More »

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France • champagne • wineries • cork • Duval-Leroy

 Budget Bubbles for New Year's 

Quality rivals mean champagne prices shouldn't take the bubbles out of festive drinking

Dec 27, 08 1:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Champagne may feel like a vestige of a world without a credit crisis, but there's no need to go without bubbly on New Year's Eve. Slate offers some moderately priced options:
  • Cava is Spain's answer to champagne, made by the same method. A thrifty seeker of festive spirits can
... More »

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alcohol • wine • champagne • wineries • New Year's Eve • sparkling wine

 Prosecco Targets
 Champagne Crown 

Italian bubbly makers hope to edge out pricey champagne

Jul 22, 08 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sales of Italy's answer to champagne have been bubbling up for years, Reuters writes, but prosecco producers plan to boost output to 250 million bottles next year, with an eye on someday overtaking champagne as the world's favorite sparkling wine. The bubbly is cheaper to make than its French rival,... More »

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Italy • wine • champagne • wineries • sparkling wine • wine industry

More Bubbly? French Farmers Are in Uproar

Champagne country expansion will enrich some, snub others

Dec 26, 07 6:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Champagne drinkers may soon taste the fruits of of a French government initiative to welcome new farmers into the exclusive club of those allowed to call their sparkling white wines Champagne, with a capital C. As demand skyrockets, a list has been drawn up of 40 communities that might be... More »

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France • wine • champagne • grapes • wineries

Hitler's Bubbly Sparkles at
UK Auction

Bottle fetches almost $3,000 but is 'poisoned' or simply undrinkable

Aug 19, 07 3:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - A bottle of bubbly nabbed from Hitler’s wine cellar has drawn the equivalent of almost $3,000 at a British auction, the BBC reports. A Swedish television company bought the 1937 Moet and Chandon, which a soldier gave to a lawyer as thanks for legal work some 15 years... More »

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Berlin • Adolf Hitler • auction • painting • Nazi • Charterhouse • Reich Chancellery • champagne

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