Madame Clicquot offered her Champagne to husari soldiers, skilled skirmishes of light cavalry, and they opened the bottles with the sabre, blowing the cap and neck of the bottle together. Soldiers proud of their military tradition, they did not go for the thin even to open champagne, bottle in one hand, sabre in the other, male gesture and proud, to celebrate victory in battle. Some legends pass down that Even Napoleon, together with his closest officers, uncorked Champagne with the ordinance sword, directly on the battlefield, to celebrate the victory just achieved. Legends, historical realities or little myth matters, the gesture of sabotaging Champagne, or as the French say the sabrage,is an iconic gesture that has come to us and practiced by many wine lovers. The sabre or sabre à champagne,is slid along the body of the very cold bottle towards the neck with a dry blow. The strength of the blade hitting the lip of the neck is enough to break the glass and sharply separate the neck from the collar of the bottle which, together with the cap, is fired away by the pressure of the gas contained in the wine. If applied correctly, the technique is effective with any sparkling wine, if not applied correctly you can get hurt, so you should not improvise. The record for the most bottles of champagne opened in a minute using this technique is 66, and has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records. It was obtained by Ashrita Furman (American) at the Sri Chinmoy Centre, Jamaica, New York, USA, on August 2, 2015. Ashrita used an "Arabic sabre" with a 13-inch blade. Ashrita is not new to records as she has set more than 700 official Guinness Records since 1979 and currently holds more than 200 permanent records, including the official record for the most records held simultaneously by an individual. theCharles Heidsieck saber has an optimal weight and very well balanced, so even if it is the first time that you try to sabre a bottle of Champagne, the operation will be very simple.
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