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How to master the art of opening a champagne bottle with a sword - just like Cameron Diaz
Indulgence Champagne Sabel, £130, Georg JensenJulian White, ambassador emeritus of the Confrérie du Sabre d’Or’s UK chapter, enjoys both the fun and the formality of ceremonial sabrage. “The object of the Confrérie [established 1986] was to revive the old Napoleonic tradition of sabraging champagne which had gone into abeyance largely due to the fact the cavalry were no longer on horses but sitting in armoured cars and tanks.”The Confrérie’s officials, clad in green cloaks and cocked hats, practise their art at ‘caveaux de sabrage’ (such as at the Ritz and the Stafford in London) and private events where novices can do their maiden sabrage.
