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Besides, if it's drama and pavlovian responses they want, they can always open it like Charles Heidsieck did: with a scimitar! But no . . . they'd rather just complain.]]>Apr 17th 2009 10:01PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2009/04/17/champagne-house-to-test-out-metal-caps/http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/17/champagne-house-to-test-out-metal-caps/Apr 17th 2009 10:45PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2009/04/17/champagne-house-to-test-out-metal-caps/http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/17/champagne-house-to-test-out-metal-caps/
See, this kind of thing is how you tell the difference between wine lovers and wine snobs. If what's in the glass is the same (or better, since there's less spoilage when you get rid of corks) then a wine lover is happy. For the snob, what's in the glass is a secondary consideration to the process of placing himself in opposition to the rabble. As William Buckley said in another context, "standing athwart history, yelling 'stop'!" Good champagne in a keg would be pretty awesome -- you wouldn't have to worry about it going flat too quickly, for one thing.

And I think the Widow Cliquot would -- or should -- be far more distressed over (a) the fact that Cliquot is simply a brand in the LVMH portfolio; and (b) the deteriorating quality resulting from that state of affairs. Also, champagne of all wines should be the one embracing technological change -- after all, Dom Perignon's great contribution was not bubbles (in all likelihood, according to, I think, Jancis Robinson, although I'm too lazy to look it up) but the use of cork. He didn't use the cork because of the sound, he used it because it was cutting-edge technology which revolutionized the entire beverage industry. . . and it preserved the wine better than the hemp-and-oil plugs which were in use at the time. Now we've got a new cutting-edge technology which preserves wine better even than the cork. It only took us about 350 years.

Champagne is a wonderful wine, but it's purpose is expressed in the glass, on the tongue, and in the belly. Whatever happens prior is needless backstory --- complaining about it is like complaining that Dickens didn't adequately detail the manner of Marley's death. ]]>Apr 17th 2009 11:19PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2009/04/17/champagne-house-to-test-out-metal-caps/http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/17/champagne-house-to-test-out-metal-caps/Apr 18th 2009 12:34AMhttp://www.luxist.com/2009/04/17/champagne-house-to-test-out-metal-caps/http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/17/champagne-house-to-test-out-metal-caps/Apr 18th 2009 12:53AMhttp://www.luxist.com/2009/04/17/champagne-house-to-test-out-metal-caps/http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/17/champagne-house-to-test-out-metal-caps/Apr 18th 2009 1:19AMhttp://www.luxist.com/2009/04/17/champagne-house-to-test-out-metal-caps/http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/17/champagne-house-to-test-out-metal-caps/
to overcharge it.

Put a screw cap on it...

and you may as well drink it out of a plastic cup.





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That is what my clientele are after when they place an order http://www.bestchampagnedelivery.com/

Perhaps future generations will see it differently and will open their arms and their pocketbooks to a champagne with a metal closure.

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