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Iron Horse Champagne Sabering and Tasting Event
October 5, 2018 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Free
Join us for an evening you won’t forget… We begin the tasting of three Iron Horse champagnes. Of those, select your favorite and you will be guided to “saber” your champagne bottle.
$40 per person
* Please note, this is $40 per person cost. There is a bug that is listing “free” in the event. We are trying to resolve. Sorry for the inconvenience
According to Iron Horse Vineyards,
“The lore of sabering takes different turns depending on your source. Most agree it all starts with Napoleon. After the French Revolution of 1789, The Napoleonic Wars raged across Europe. Napoleon’s soldiers mounted fast horses and dressed in lavish uniforms. Oil paintings depict young men in long cloaks with furs draped over broad shoulders. Most importantly, they were armed with rifles … and brass handled sabers. Early victories came easily for this force, who charged home through villages where revellers tossed them bottles of Champagne.
But it seems riding a horse while fumbling with a bottle secured with cork, wire cage and foil-wrapping didn’t fit the dashing portrait of Napoleon’s men. So they improvised, discovering that a quick stroke of a saber blade to the neck of the bottle both released the “drink of the stars” and did so in a decidedly heroic fashion. The upturned bottle with a dangerously sharp tip added to the overall vision of youthful brashness and celebration.”