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exploring taste – Spring/Summer 2016 heritage – An illustrated wine glossary
/səˈbrɑːʒ/ /’ujaʒ/
A technique for opening a champagne bottle with a saber. The unfilled space in a barrel of wine. The word comes from the Latin oculus (eye),
Champagne swords are specially made for sabrage. a term that the Romans used for the bungholes in a figurative sense.
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