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🍾 How much do you really know about the most fizzy of drinks? Here are some astonishing figures!
👑 33 coronations of French kings in Reims Cathedral celebrated with Champagne wine
🌍 2015 is the year it became a UNESCO World Heritage
📝 370 houses make 300 million bottles, nearly 60% of which are exported
🌍 3 grape varieties in its composition: chardonnay (30%), pinot noir (38%) and pinot meunier (32%)
🍾 40 bottles or 240 flutes, the capacity of a Melchisedech, the largest of all Champagne bottles
🥂 12.5 cl is the capacity of a flute, preferred to the coupe since the 1930s, then dethroned in its turn in favor of the tulip-shaped glass
🤓 2 million: the number of bubbles in a glass of Champagne
🚀 40km/h: the speed the cork can reach when uncorking a bottle
💰 1.8 million euros: the price of the most expensive bottle of Champagne, with the evocative name "Goût de Diamants"
❤️ 240,000 bottles a year are drank at the Moulin Rouge, the world's biggest Champagne consumer!
About L'Institut Bernardaud:
Because the French art of living is the envy of the world, what better way than with porcelain to introduce you to the teeming world of the table... Contribute with L'Institut Bernardaud to reenchanting this convivial and so precious moment of the meal by following our various workshops and conferences. A program with a creative approach and open to the world to live an exciting adventure at the crossroads of gastronomy, art, history or decoration.
