What do you know about the champagne? How many bubbles in a bottle? What is different from the Soviet Russian champagne? Why foil and who are the "Veuve Clicquot"? Later in the article.
On the eve of the coming New Year, begins a series of articles about the attributes of this holiday, drinks and dishes. I'll start with champagne.
Interesting Facts About Champagne
For the introduction of the facts it is easier for those who are not very versed in the "sparkling" beverage:
1. The difference between the Russian and Soviet champagne that Russian produced only continuous reservoir method, and before the Soviet made exclusively bottle. That is the old way.
2. The champagne boiled water cooled faster than crude.
3. Winemakers have identified a number interesting secrets drinking champagne:
- If you drink champagne 1-2 times per year, then you need to drink only sweet.
- If every month, then dry.
- If you are an expert, an aristocrat or a "democrat" and drink champagne every day, then you need to drink only brut.
4. Small sparkling Tricks:
- Do not store the usual vintage champagne is not more than two years. For example, from a wedding or the birth of children. This champagne is already ruined, run the risk of poisoning.
- Not a snack champagne chocolate. In combination with the chocolate taste of the drink will be unpleasant, and yet you can get drunk quickly, even with a pair of sips.
5. Champagne calorie! If you are dieting, you drink only semi-dry, dry or brut.
And now, if you are not tired - the facts for amateurs and connoisseurs of champagne.
6 atmospheres in the bottle
The pressure in a champagne bottle at room temperature equal to the pressure in the tire red London bus, or about 6.3 kilograms per square centimeter.
Why rub the glasses with a towel?
Nearly 49 million bubbles is in each bottle of champagne. In the glass, they form around tiny irregularities on the walls. Therefore, before serving champagne rubbed with a cotton towel, leaving the walls of the microscopic particles of cellulose.
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unwanted bubbles
Initially, the bubbles in champagne considered undesirable side effect of fermentation, and only in the second half of the XVII century, their appearance began to pursue the purpose.
From the depths of the sea
World's most expensive champagne - «Shipwrecked 1907 Heidsieck», which is over a hundred years.
Unique bottles were found by divers in 1997 on the sunken ship carrying wine for the royal family in Russia.
Only 200 bottles were found, each of which is worth 275 thousand dollars.
From small to large
Displacement bottles for champagne varies from 200 ml to 30 liters. Bottles of three liters or more are named in honor of the biblical characters.
enough for all
The largest serially produced a bottle of champagne is called Midas, and has a volume of 30 liters. It is equivalent to forty-standard bottles. It made a champagne house «Armand de Brignac».
Full length
The world's tallest champagne bottle height of 1 m 82 cm was made in 1965 by «Piper-Heidsieck».
The bottle was designed to celebrate the awards "Oscar" actor Rex Harrison for her role in "My Fair Lady".
Who drinks champagne in the morning?
Especially for Winston Churchill's company «Pol Roger» was manufactured champagne bottles of 0,6l (imperial pint). Champagne was served to Churchill his butler at 11 am, when he woke up.
Champagne widow
Champagne history almost mystically linked with the French widows. Among them, the legendary Josephine Clicquot, Madame Pomeroy Camila Roederer, Madame Bollinzhe.
These women had a tremendous impact on the technology and the tradition of champagne making.
rapid plug
Cork from a champagne bottle flies at a speed of about 40 km / h, and its altitude is 12 meters.
The maximum possible speed for a champagne cork - 100 km / h may occur if you leave the bottle for a while in the sun or Shake.
Bridle bottle
Bridle wire that holds the cork in place, called myuzle and has a length of 52 cm. According to legend, this was the length of the wire, take out Josephine clicks from your bosom to seal a bottle of champagne his grade.
The need to tradition
Initially foil around champagne cork serves as protection against mice and rats lived in basements, where stored wine. Later element package was preserved as a tribute to tradition.
More does not mean better
To preserve the taste of berries and exclude attempts to increase production at the expense of quality in Champagne set the maximum volume of the harvest from one hectare - 13 tons.
The centuries-old tradition
The oldest company of the now producing champagne - «Gosset», was founded in 1584
Day champagne Birthday
August 4 - Global Day of champagne. The French think that on this day the monk Dom Perignon invented the bubbly beverage.
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