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Sabrage Night – Iron Horse Champagne Tasting with Option to Saber
April 5, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Free
Join us for a memorable evening… Enjoy (5) 3-oz pours of Iron Horse Champagne with Jen O’Brien and Marcelino Cosio. And for the adventurous, choose your bottle to saber. We’ll teach you how!
Champagne Flight Tasting: $25 per person
Champagne Flight Tasting plus bottle to Saber: $25 per person, plus the cost of the saber bottle (we are offering a 20% discount off the price of the bottle you choose to saber)
* Please note, the above cost per person. There is a bug that is listing “free” in the event. 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 revelers 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.”