These raucous shouts weren’t in a stadium, but at a sabering — the slicing open of a Champagne bottle with one smooth motion of a knife. Blake Leonard, a certified sommelier and third-generation heir ...

There aren't many acts more satisfying that sabering a bottle of champagne. The art of sabrage stretches back more than 200 years and was made famous by Napoleon Bonaparte, who opened champagne with ...

This party trick is a real showstopper: Here’s your guide on how to saber a champagne bottle (without going to the emergency room afterward). In the pantheon of party tricks, sabering a bottle of ...

Get ready to impress your guests on December 31. There are several theories behind the origins of Champagne sabering (aka lopping off the tip of the Champagne bottle’s neck with a sword or knife.) ...

Sabering champagne is a dramatic way to celebrate, but technique matters. Here’s a safe, step-by-step guide to opening a ...

It's the new year, so let's pop some bubbly! But, not the traditional way. You're about to see champagne opened with a saber...and a wine glass! It's a visual experience, but there is a legend behind ...

Late one night, having consumed the exact quantity of wine that makes this sort of thing seem like a good idea, I watched, giggling, as sommelier Ashley Santoro tried to open a bottle of sparkling ...

Sparkling wine, says Lee Pancake, predates the demarcation of Champagne as a region in France, as does the method by which the famed bubbly — bougiest of all sparkling wines — is produced. And for ...