#Champagne Sabre

[marzipanandminutiae]

as someone who has sabred open one (1) bottle of champagne in her life, I am taking the firm stance that dedicated Champagne Sabres spoil the fun

either use a sword (looks really cool, the whole point of the exercise in my opinion) or use like a butter knife (economical, very impressive because most people don't realize that you use the dull side of the blade anyway so they'll think "whoa, this person can slash open champagne WITH A DULL KNIFE???")

there's nothing cool about doing it with a knife that's clearly not a sword, but also not a kitchen knife that you just happen to have lying around for other purposes and casually use to show off your sabrage prowess

[chiefcomputergladiator]

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[theroyalsims]

BREAKING: SHANG SIMLA HAS A NEW EMPRESS! KENJI AND ALICE WED IN HISTORIC “HYBRID” WEDDING

It’s official! Alice and Kenji walked out of the Grand Palace as man and wife!

Their Imperial Majesties Emperor Kenji and his new wife and newly-minted “Empress Alexandra” tied the knot in a modified and modernised royal wedding ceremony. 

Originally, Shang Simlan royal weddings last for three days, including the pre and post-wedding festivities. The main ceremony is officiated by the High Priest of the Church of Shang Simla, and the bride, the groom, and their guest wear traditional Shang Simlan garb. However, Kenji and Alice’s wedding ditched the traditional robes. Alice was shown wearing a champagne-coloured dress sans the typical veil royal brides tend to wear. Kenji, meanwhile, looked dapper in his tux. 

(Above: The couple tied the knot at the Grand Palace, pictured above.)

The decision to not wear traditional Shang Simlan outfits was reportedly due to the backlash that the Palace received when it shared photos of Kenji, Alice, and Princess Hanna during the most recent Plum Harvest Festival. While majority of the locals found the photo to be quite lovely, especially since it was the first time Alice was photographed wearing the traditional royal dress, quite a few people did complain that it was improper for a Westerner - a blonde and blue-eyed foreign Princess - to wear royal robes when she was not yet a legitimate member of the Imperial Family. Some even claimed that it was a form of cultural appropriation, because it seemed like Alice was wearing it as a “costume” like a common tourist.

The subject of cultural appropriation is a heated topic in Shang Simla nowadays, especially following the release of a certain pop star’s music video. The video shows the singer wearing an altered low-cut and mini-skirt version of a traditional Shang Simlan dress while dancing seductively. The artist has been declared a persona non grata in Shang Simla, and both the song and the music video has been banned in the country. 

(Above: The Shang Simlan Palace received flak over this photo which showed then-Princess Alice wearing traditional royal robes.)

While we missed out on the traditional dresses, Alice and Kenji did stick to some of the traditions. They were wed by the High Priest, and took part in the exchange of cups, where the bride and the groom pour each other a cup of rice wine as a symbol of devotion. The couple also walked under the Arch of the Generals. Twelve soldiers, each representing all the provinces of Shang Simla, formed a sabre arch which Alice and Kenji walked under. The tradition is reportedly done to show the provinces’ continued loyalty and allegiance to the Emperor and Empress. Also, a post-wedding banquet will be held tomorrow before the couple will be sent off to their honeymoon. 

The foreign guests included the King and Queen of Arendahl, The Queen of Sulani, The Crown Princess of Tartosa, The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Glimmerbrook, and Henley’s Grand Duke and Duchess. As for the bride’s family, her two daughters and their husbands were all in attendance, but the little ones were notably absent. Queen Emilia, of course, was present, with Prince Jacques and Crown Princess Anya in tow. Prince Leonard was reportedly too ill to fly abroad and attend. 

(Above: Two royal families united by love. [L-R, back row: Prince Jacques, PM Khari Chegeya, The Duke of Fjord, Princess Mikka, an Prince Chan; front row: Crown Princess Anya, Queen Emilia, Olivia Dorsey-Chegeya, The Duchess of Fjord, Empress Alexandra, Emperor Kenji, Princess Hanna, Princess Haneul, and Princess Rojie)

For the groom’s part, the Dowager Empress was reportedly present during the ceremony, but skipped the photos. The ageing matriarch of the Shang Simlan Imperial Family has been in-and-out of the hospital this past year and even had to undergo emergency surgery over the holidays. However, Kenji’s sisters were present. Kenji’s elder sisters, Princesses Mikka and Haneul, were in attendance, as well as his youngest sister, Princess Rojie, who came with her husband, Prince Chan. Of course, Princess Hanna, Emperor Kenji’s only child, was also present for her dad’s big day. The little royal looked beautiful in a powder blue floral coat. 

(Above: Here comes the bride, all dressed in...NOT white. Empress Alexandra wore a simple yet beautiful dress which perfectly highlighted the breathtaking tiara she wore for the occasion.)

The bride looked beautiful in a vintage-inspired, champagne coloured dress. As expected, no veil was worn (considering this is the bride’s second wedding), but we did get a tiara debut! The new Empress wore an impressive diamond and ruby tiara straight from the Shang Simlan royal vaults. It was the perfect “topper” to her elaborate updo! We’re hoping to see more of this sparkler soon because it’s such a stunning piece! The bride also carried a bouquet of red Shang Simlan tulips, interspersed with Brindleton blossoms as a nod to her home country.

The Shang Simlan Imperial court earlier announced that the former “Princess Alice” (whose full name is Alexandra Olivia Caroline) will be styled as Her Imperial Majesty The Empress Alexandra of Shang Simla. Her daughters, Olivia and Emily, will not be receiving any courtesy titles. 

Who would’ve thought that The Queen’s little sister, poor old Princess Alice, would one day be an Empress!? We’re sure she’ll do wonderfully!

Congratulations to the happy couple! 

[terresdebrume]

I just read this in a fic so if you're in the Ted Lasso fandom and have never seen a bottle of champagne opened, a few points:

🍾 You do not need a corkscrew to open a champagne bottle: a significant portion of the mushroom-shaped cork is outside of the bottleneck

🍾 Unless you're a racecar pilot and you're actively trying to waste half your bottle, you shouldn't ever shake it (also bc it might then explode in your cave if you're brutal enough...)

🍾 It's convenient, though not mandatory, to have at least one or two flutes at the ready when you open your bottle so you can catch most of the immediate spill

🥂 Step by step guide to opening a champagne bottle 🥂

1. The bottle's neck as well as the cork should be covered in foil. Tear it off.

2. Aim the bottle away from any people, pet, or window

3. The cork has a wire cage on for security (think of the twists in Barbie boxes, but fancier looking). Untwist that.

(3.1 Optional: Hand the wire thingy to the nearest child and have someone teach tem to make a chair out of it and the metal cap that comes with it.)

4.1 Aka: Safety first. Put your palm on the cork and give it a good twist until it comes off, safely restrained by your hand. If nothing pops, something is wrong with the bottle.

4.2 Aka: The Hollywood. Make really sure the way is clear. Wedge your thumb between the cork and the lip of the bottle, and push until this sucker flies off at unsafe speed. (You may need to give it a bit of a twist to loosen it first)

4.3 Aka: The Swedish. Procure a sabre. Look up videos called "sabrer une bouteille". Have a doctor on speed dial. Godspeed.

5. Scramble for the flutes and get champagne all over your hands.

Now go forth and write accurate Champagne opening scenes :D

Signed: Someone whose parents' closest friends circle is 50% Champagne producers

[bereft-of-frogs]

friday update!

we are reaching the end of my vacation week which is both good (I miss my routine and my own apartment) and sad (I have to go back to work and no longer have all day just to write)

reading:

(finished) The Great Transition - Nick Fuller Goggins : Not quite as good as Station Eleven but...surprisingly decent for a book doing stuff I normally find annoying.

(in-progress) Kill Show: A True Crime Novel - Daniel Sweren-Becker : Look I LOVE trying to recreate found footage in literature. House of Leaves, S...I'm not sure this one is doing it for me. I wish there was something more than just the interview transcripts, which he has room for. Like at one point there have been quotes from a journalist and a professor, instead of doing the same interview block quote, he could have put in excerpts from articles/dissertations, we could have had more narration and description that way. It's just a little flat with it all being the same and also I'm not sure he has enough distinct character voices to justify it all exclusively being interview quotes. I feel like you need really good, unique character voices to exclusively do transcript quotes. And there are other issues I feel like he didn't think through, like I still don't really know how old the brother is supposed to be in relation to the main missing girl because it's not in the character intro and no one's mentioned it. But I'm not super far in, I'm going to stick with it to see if it gets better.

(in-progress) Jaw Bone - Monica Ojeda: Also only a little ways in, intriguing though, I like this one much better than Kill Show so far.

Lord of the Rings reread: I did fall a little bit behind by a couple chapters this week, but! We're onto the last book of Return of the King.

(phone book) Into the Dark - Claudia Gray: haven't had to read on my phone much this week since I've been on vacation, but the High Republic reread continues!

watching (tv):

*vibrates* Yellowjackets (Paramount+/Showtime): oh my GOD I have been wanting to watch this for years and I finally did, binged all two seasons this week. (Minus two episodes I have left to watch, so no season finale spoilers yet!) Yellowjackets. What is there to say? It's great, you all knew it was great, I was late to this party. There's like a venn diagram you could make between this show, NBC's Hannibal, and Black Spot/Zone Blanche but I can't articulate it yet. It's just got everything to appeal to me specifically: spooky forest settings, plane crashes, cannibalism, antler gods, murder, not one but two cults. It's great, extremely on brand for me, Shauna is my poor little meow meow, Melanie Lynskey should play more cannibals, murderers and warlords, she does it so well.

watching (film):

Pearl / X (2022) (double feature): Is it an unpopular opinion that I like X better? I'm also a bit late to this party but I feel like I remember people being like 'oh X is fine but Pearl is so good!' (Confirmed by looking at their comparative Letterboxd scores.) I just think X had a more interesting time period setting, better ensemble cast, better cinematography...which I think make sense given my understanding was X was the film they were originally making, and then they added on Pearl as an origin story project while they were working on X. It felt like more thought was put into X. Also, the 'Don't Fear the Reaper' scene was great. It seems like most of the reviews just comment on Mia Goth's performance as a highlight but like...it's just a lot of yelling and then a very long monologue and then the end credits. Idk, I think X just worked better as a whole, with the ensemble cast.

Bodies Bodies Bodies (2023): This movie was so funny, probably my favorite ending/explanation to a 'wow everyone went from no murder to yes murder really fast' film I've ever seen. I also just love Lee Pace. Lee Pace sabre-ing a bottle of champagne. That is all.

there is no video game update because I have no mobile video game consoles so they are all at my apartment and I am not there, and since I had to leave early Friday instead of my original plan (Sunday) I didn't get to do anything before I left

craft update: slow sweater progress, so close to linking up the armholes and no longer having to purl, so close...

writing to-do list update:

I didn't end up working a ton on oneshots or 'omens' because...

I did it! I got up through chapter 6 on the longfic tentatively titled 'the station'. that's about the halfway point in chapter count, and I've been doing a pretty good job keeping the lengths even and hovering around 5k so far. It's 33k words now so I expect the final word count to be around 65-70k? Thereabouts? Which will be my longest Star Wars fic by quite a lot, even counting adding up the two pieces of the dark ocean duology. But since I'm only at the halfway point, maybe I shouldn't get ahead of myself. It's so much. I love it. I'm terrified it's secretly bad. But it's probably fine haha, I'm actually feeling pretty good about the plot I'm using to string together a bunch of self-indulgent angst, which really, what is fanfiction if not finding a suitable plot to tie together self-indulgent scenes, angst or otherwise?

list for the upcoming week:

I still have to extract my dogsitting fee aka do all of my laundry

got a couple social events over the weekend

pack up and head back to the city sunday

I'm considering doing a probably ill-advised chaos rearranging of my room when I get home unless reason and logic kicks back in and stops me

go back to work (boo)

also clean whole apartment throughout the week because I have eclipse guests

eep somehow acquire eclipse glasses yikes I put this one off

keep chipping away chapter-by-chapter on this fic. I'm just getting to the action, which is both fun because a bunch of things are coming to a head and terrible because oh god writing action scenes is so hard

[lingyunxiang]

The Confrérie has promoted the wine of Champagne and the Art of Sabrage (the act of opening a bottle of Champagne with a sword), around the world, for more than 30 years. With more than 35,000 members in 36 countries, it is the most important brotherhood celebrating Champagne in the world.

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The US Embassy of The Confrérie du Sabre d'Or was created in 2002 by a group of connoisseurs of Champagne, comprised of both American and French citizens. The members, men and women, are called Sabreurs, Chevaliers-Sabreurs then Officers and Commandeurs. The fun adds to the seriousness of this action. Opening a bottle with a sabre makes an occasion all the more memorable. We expect all Sabreurs to pass on this message to Champagne lovers throughout the world.

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We, in the United States of America, consider the sabre a good substitute for the napkin and sprained wrist that can take place when opening a bottle of Champagne. The sharing of this spectacular event permits us to join a fraternity devoted to CHAMPAGNE! These are concepts that are relevant throughout the world.

[sadiestics]

(♥︎)    "if i were to be a part of champagne, i’d want to be the pop,"  decisively spoken, as though it is some wildly intellectual philosophical declaration which spills from her lips, and not a common-while-sozzled thought which popped into her gin-soaked head, as it so often does.  the two are not mutually exclusive, of course, one might be quick to point out, but the doyles place little stock in philosophy for the most part, so they would never care to correct the record.  too much thinking, not enough drinking!  "frank has always said he'd be the bubbles, but i rather think he's the sabre with which you can ... saber."  her free hand imitates the motion, fingers slicing through the air with a sense of precision that napoleon himself would be proud of –– his ghost, anyway.  "what about you, @warbyrds darling, what would you be?"

[dapurinthos]

jonah magnus only opens champagne bottles with a sabre because he came of age in the napoleonic wars when it got really popular. every time he says ‘wouldn’t want to put an eye out’ with an obnoxious wink. no i will not be taking criticism.

[parisphore]

La Chine sabre-t-elle le champagne trop tôt dans la lutte contre le réchauffement ?

Dans un monde où la planète suffoque sous les effets dévastateurs du réchauffement climatique, la récente réduction des émissions de CO2 de la Chine semble presque illusoire. Réduire de 1 % en 2024, un geste que certains présentent comme une lueur d’espoir, pourrait bien être une tentative désespérée de sauver ce qui reste d’une civilisation au bord de l’effondrement. Les experts, tels que…

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Champagne Sabering 101: The Dos and Don’ts Explained

Saber Champagne, also known as champagne sabre, is a dramatic way to open a bottle of bubbly. When done correctly, sabering a bottle of champagne adds a touch of sophistication and grandeur to any event whether it is a corporate event or any wedding function . But before you try it yourself, it’s important to know the dos and don’ts of sabering champagne. In this blog post, we’ll provide an overview of Champagne 101, so you can open a bottle of champagne with style.

Choose the right sword

When sabering champagne, the right sword is essential. Choosing the wrong sword can make the task more difficult and possibly dangerous. The best kind of sword to use is a stainless steel chef’s knife or a champagne sabre specifically made for the task. Do not try to use any type of sword with a blade that is too thin or too wide as it may cause you to slip and injure yourself. If you don’t have access to a suitable sword, consider the champagne tower hire services. This can be a great way to add a touch of class and drama to your next celebration.

Choose the right bottle

When sabering champagne, it is important to choose the right bottle. The traditional method calls for a bottle of brut champagne or brut sparkling wine, as these bottles tend to have stronger glass and are therefore easier to break. When selecting your bottle, be sure to check that the bottle does not have any scratches or scuffs. You should also ensure that the bottle has been properly chilled. For added spectacle, you could also consider hiring a champagne tower for your event. A champagne tower hire can offer an impressive array of options, allowing you to serve up to four bottles at once in an eye-catching display.

Be careful!

Champagne sabering can be a lot of fun, but it’s important to take safety precautions to ensure everyone’s safety. When you’re opening the bottle, make sure to hold it away from your body and face at all times and use a steady hand when striking the bottle’s neck. Make sure the sword is sharp and free of any defects. If you’re sabering in a public place or near other people, it’s important to inform them of your intentions and keep a safe distance away from them. Also, never aim a sabered bottle at anyone and only open bottles on a flat, non-flammable surface. If you’re planning a large gathering or party, consider hiring a professional champagne tower hire service to do the sabering for you. Professional champagne tower hire services are experienced in sabering champagne safely and efficiently.

Have fun!

Opening a bottle of champagne with a sabre is one of the most dramatic and memorable ways to start any celebration. Once you’ve mastered the technique, why not take it to the next level and turn your sabering experience into an event?

Champagne tower hire typically involves a large metal frame with several holders for bottles of champagne. Once the bottles have been placed inside, the frame is raised up with a pulley system. Then, the master sabre steps up and performs the task of opening the bottle with their sword. The cork and the foam from the bottle are propelled up into the air and fall back into the crowd, usually to loud cheers and applause. It’s truly a sight to behold!

[marzipanandminutiae]

THAT'S NOT EVEN A SABRE

WHAT'S THE POINT OF SABRE-ING OPEN CHAMPAGNE- which you have to do outdoors anyway, and who's to say the average Williams-Sonoma shopper knows how -IF YOU DON'T USE A SABRE???

THIS WHOLE TRICK WAS INVENTED BY NAPOLEONIC SOLDIERS TO GET LAID, WE THINK

YES I KNOW "CHAMPAGNE SABRES" ARE A THING NOW BUT THAT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE. IT'S LESS COOL TO DO IT WITH A BIG KNIFE. USE A SWORD LIKE A REAL ADULT OR YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY X-RATED DIRECTOIRE ACTION

(you know who does know how to sabre open champagne)

(me)

(I do)

(and I am not a Williams-Sonoma shopper)

(also I did it with an actual sabre thank you very much)

What's that blog that goes over ridiculously expensive magazine christmas kitsch? Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

[stealthispipe]

be here now

i dont fucking no wheres the jaw of an ass im looking for judgement from a cringe god forgetting to eject bllod from my eyes in defense of my own regional bias towards where my blood is from my blood alcohol in back of a cop car swearing the champagne cost me more than this fine its fine a glass house sabred for show me the moneytree show me a loving household beyond the pines romantic for death swallow suffocation my teeth long rotted from skull whistling air to the leaves when you left i couldnt breathe below the ocean you will find the tallest mountain imaginable 21 cigarettes a day leaves me feeling anything but endless a shout in empty apt over something mysterious like ending an enemy w a mules jagged tooth shaving my head in the mirror telling my lord and saviour i dont care

[dragonimpact]

It's that time of the year to break open a bottle of bubbly! Do it in style with our Champagne Sabres! Only a few left! See our website for details and use keywords "champagne sabre". #yyj #victoria #champagne #newyear (at Dragon Impact : Martial Art Equipment and Supplies) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmz5ydFPzRl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[champagnesabersus]

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How to Sabre a Champagne-like a Pro?

To saber a champagne bottle perfectly, there are some few things that you need to be aware of. One is how you remove the wire supporting the cork. There are some cases that the cork flies in an instant as soon as you remove the supporting wire. It is highly recommended before you do so is to put your thumb over the cork to avoid epic failure.