Champagne tips: Forget the Flute, Swirl Bravely

With the holiday season upon us, Mark Oldman sits down for some Champagne tips with Dom Pérignon chief winemaker Richard Geoffrey to undercover two ways of drinking bravely with bubbly. According to Geoffrey, it is perfectly acceptable to drink Champagne and other sparklers from a regular wine glass (i.e., not always a flute-shaped glass) and to swirl it (gently) as you would non-bubbly wine to better appreciate its aromas.

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The magical, roving Ruinart cart at Art Basel Miami 2010
Mark introduces the segment from Art Basel Miami 2010, where Champagne Ruinart had rolling Champagne carts circulating throughout the aisles of the show — an ingenious take on room service for the art set.
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