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Champagne Sabres

A tradition for over 200 years - the only way to open Champagne!!!

Napoleon's victories on the battlefield have gone down in history. The great general often invited his soldiers to commemorate their victories. During these occasions the dashing young cavalry officers started the custom of opening bottles of champagne with their sabres (swords). The art of "Sabrage" was born, and this noble tradition is carried on by the Flying Colours Hot Air Balloon Team.

The Art of Sabrage is a technique of opening a Champagne bottle by using a sabre (sword) to hit the glass ring at the top of the bottle below the cork and the weakest point of the bottle seam.

“In victory, you deserve Champagne, in defeat, you need it.”

Napoleon Bonaparte

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