Sabrage - The art of opening champagne with a sabre

Opening a bottle with a sabre adds to the occasion and is all the more memorable.

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Two hundred years ago, dashing young cavalry officers in the French Army would slice the cork off the Champagne bottle with the sabre, rather than put themselves to the effort of removing the wire basket and easing the cork out.

The art of Sabrage is meeting the glass annulus at the top of the bottle below the cork with a firm tap of the sabre's edge, at the weakest point of the glass seam in the bottle.

Kent based Wedding and Event Toastmasters are proud Sabreur members of the Confrerie du Sabre d'Or this means that we can perform sabrage at your special event.

Or, you can wow your guests by performing sabrage and being intronised into the Confrerie du Sabre d'Or. Nikki, Your Lady Toastmaster is also a Maitre Sabreur which means she can teach the art of sabrage to you and your guests may it be at a wedding, family, corporate or charity event throughout Kent, South East of England or beyond!