Champagne Club Uk - A Glass of Champagne on the House from Top London Restaurants

Welcome To The ChampagneClub Many, from Napoleon to Bette Davis, have championed Champagne - vivacious, social, and elegant! Sometimes when you want a drink, a glass of wine or a gin and tonic just doesnï¿½t do it! From the popping of the cork, to the tingling on the tongue of ice cold bubbles, a glass of Champagne definitely does IT!! ï¿½Bubblyï¿½ really is all about the bubbles which hold the flavour and there are 49 million bubbles in a 750ml bottle of champagne, give or take a few, as calculated by scientist Bill Lembeck, based on 5.5 atmospheres of pressure, when stored at 20 degrees Celsius. Small wonder the cork leaves the bottle at approximately 38-40 mph. For your enjoyment, ChampagneClub is adding more and more restaurants every day. From Modern British to Pan Asian and from informal to Michelin star, you and your dining guests can indulge in “A Glass of House Champagne on the House” when you order 2 courses. If your favourite restaurants in London havenï¿½t registered with the ChampagneClub yet, send me an email with your suggestions and we will invite them to register. Join us next month for the next instalment of: the History of Champagne, more intriguing facts about Champagne, our new Champagne Gallery of Events and much, much more to amuse and entertain you. Best (Patricia Madden - Publisher)		FAMOUS CHAMPAGNE QUOTES: "He who doesn't risk never gets to drink champagne." An old Russian proverb. "Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector" Graham Greene, British writer. (1904 - 1991) "Champagne is the only wine that enhances a woman's beauty." Madame Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV. (1721 - 1764). "Champagne makes you feel like it’s Sunday and better days are just around the corner" Marlene Dietrich "Champagne! In victory one deserves it; in defeat one needs it." Napoleon Bonaparte, 18th century French conqueror (1769 - 1873) "Champagne and orange juice is a great drink. The orange improves the champagne, and the champagne definitely improves the orange." Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. (1921 - ). "I only drink Champagne when I'm happy, and when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink it when I'm alone. When I have company, I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I am not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it - unless I'm thirsty." Lily Bollinger CHAMPAGNE FACTS... The next time you pop the cork off a bottle of bubbly, consider, for a moment, these intriguing facts: Dom Perignon, a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Hautvillers, is considered to have invented champagne. He allowed the carbon dioxide to build up in the fermentation process, thus creating bubbles. Legend has it that the champagne "coupe" (a shallow, broad-rimmed goblet) was modeled in the shape of Marie Antoinette's breast, using wax moulds. The world's largest champagne glass, unveiled at a festival in Spoleto, Italy, stands nearly 7 feet tall, and can hold the equivalent of 22 regular bottles (558 ounces) of champagne. That's a lot of bubbly! The longest champagne cork flight in the world was 177 feet, 9 inches, set by American Heinrich Medicus in New York in 1988. Marilyn Monroe is said to have once taken a bath in the bubbly. According to her biographer, it took 350 bottles to fill the tub. Try this at home! James Bond, Ian Fleming's fictional spy character, is portrayed as a frequent drinker of champagne. A count reveals thirty-five occasions in which the character was portrayed drinking champagne in the Bond films. The official champagne of the Titanic was Heidsieck & Co Monopole Blue Top Champagne Brut. Rumor has it that a few bottles were brought up with the salvage recently, and still tasted great THOUGHT OF THE MONTH ....
CHARITY EVENTS - LONDON We welcome the opportunity to give something back and help others so ï¿½ If you are helping a registered charity that is involved in organising fundraising events in Central London for: social welfare, medical and health, children, animals, international aid, arts and culture causes please contact our Membership Secretary Catherine for information as to how we can help you with Honorary memberships to the ChampagneClub as Auction and Raffle Prizes. Some of the Charities we have already been able to help include … The Childrens Trust Tadworth (for children with multiple disabilities), Breakthrough Breast Cancer, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, NSPCC and The Household Cavalry Operational Casualties Fund 2011. Click here for more. PERFECT PRESENT Giving a ChampagneClub Membership to your Friends, Family, Neighbours and Business Associates is the perfect present - whether for a Birthday, Christmas or to say Thank You !!! Your gift will have a life span of 12 months, much longer than flowers and every time ï¿½A Welcoming Glass Of House Champagne On The Houseï¿½ arrives at the table for the member they will think of you !! Itï¿½s value over the year could be well over ï¿½1,000! It truly unisex, one size fits all. Its easy to wrap, light to carry and/or post, wonï¿½t break, get squashed or leak. The perfect present ! ACCOUNT MANAGERS - LONDON ChampagneClub has got off to a flying start and we are now looking for 2 Account Managers who have sales experience in the advertising, luxury goods, hospitality or leisure industries to join us selling corporate, gift and personal memberships to the ChampagneClub in London. ChampagneClub membership enables the member and up to 7 guests to enjoy ï¿½A Glass Of House Champagne On The Houseï¿½, when dining at some of Londonï¿½s top restaurants, an unlimited number of times throughout the year. The launch price is ï¿½60. You will need to be a highly motivated team player with good telephone sales and time management skills. This is a home based role, with great financial prospects for the right people. Equipment Requirements: Mobile Phone, Computer, Scanner, Broadband Internet connection, Skype. To apply please send your CV and covering letter to Catherine Dewsbery: Catherine@ChampagneClubUk.com. Applications to be received by 22 July 5pm.	CHAMPAGNE: THE EARLY HISTORY The Romans were the first known inhabitants to plant vineyards in the Champagne region. The name Champagne comes from the Latin campania and referred to the similarities between the rolling hills of the province and the Italian countryside of Campania located south of Rome. The area was divided into the Champagne pouilleuse - the chalky, barren plains east of Reims - and Champagne viticole, the forested hillside region known as the Montagne de Reims between Reims and the Marne river where the vines were planted. While vineyards were undoubtedly planted earlier, the first recorded vineyard belonged to St. Remi in the 5th century. For most of the region's early history, the wines from Champagne were not known as "Champagne" or even vin de Champagne. Rather they were known as vins de Reims and vins de la rivï¿½re in reference to the Marne river which was a vital trade route via the Seine with Paris. Champagne's location at the crossroads of two major trading routes, one east-west between Paris and the Rhineland and the other north-south between Flanders and Switzerland, would bring the region and its wines much prosperity and notoriety but would also play a pivotal role in Champagne being the site of countless battles and occupations. More next month. WE WANT TO LAUGH!! Send us your wild and wonderful words, make them count and make them funny. We want to laugh !! Stories must be about Champagne, in English, be no more than 200 words in length, typed, and have the authorï¿½s name and contact details in the email. One story per person, no entry fee. Ist Prize ï¿½ Gift pack of 4 Honorary memberships to the ChampagneClub - 2nd, 3rd, 4th Prizes An Honorary Membership to the ChampagneClub. Deadline: Friday 22 July 2011 5pm. Entries must be sent by email to Catherine Dewsbery: Catherine@ChampagneClubUk.com Winners will be notified by Friday 29 July. Winning Champagne stories and a name check will be published in the ChampagneClub News. CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP The ChampagneClub enables members to save ï¿½1,000ï¿½s every year whilst dining at the great restaurants that are offering our members and their guests ï¿½A Glass Of House Champagne On The Houseï¿½ on arrival. Your company, business, organisation or social group can offer membership of the ChampagneClub to your employees and members at a reduced rate.