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How to Saber a Champagne Bottle
Culture
Open your favorite bottle of bubbly in the most dramatic way possible
Your Guide to Buying Champagne and Sparkling Wine at the Right Price
Lifestyle
Champagne problems? We run down how to shop for Champagne and other interesting sparklers to help you stock your holiday table and impress your guests.

Sam Stone

If You’re Loudly Popping Champagne, You’re Doing It Wrong
Cooking
Here’s the method pro bartenders use instead.

John deBary

Which Champagne is Best? A Taste Test of Veuve Cliquot, Bollinger, Moét, and More
Culture
We sipped 7 brands to help you figure out your next great party pour.

Sam Stone

How to Open Bubbly Like a Champ
Culture
You're not in a World Series locker room. The smooth handling of a sparkler is one of the hallmarks of a wine sophisticate

Bon Appétit

I’m Done Being Ashamed of My Electric Wine Opener
Shopping
Yes, I was a server for 10 years. No, I am not good at opening wine bottles, and this is my truth.

Tiffany Hopkins

How to Saber a Champagne Bottle
Culture
Open your favorite bottle of bubbly in the most dramatic way possible

Matt Duckor

You're Not Cool Unless You Own a Champagne Saber
test-kitchen
The act is called "sabrage" in French, "sabering" in English, and it's sure to score you some party cred.

Mary-Frances Heck

A Sommelier’s Insider Guide to the Food and Wine of Champagne and Paris
events
A Bon Appétit Culinary Getaway to the World’s Only Champagne Region

Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors

$7 Gets You the Only Wine Opener You Ever Need
Shopping
Miss us with that battery powered nonsense.

Alex Delany

The Wine Insider's Guide
Culture
We've got some ways to help you step up your wine game

Bon Appétit

The Very Important Dinner Party Rules of Drinking all Night
Culture
A PSA from our creative director Alex Grossman on how to serve your guests booze all night.

Josie Adams

Champagne Opportunities
Culture
This time of year is filled with special occasions, and in an ideal world, those occasions would be filled with Champagne cocktails.

Guest

How to Make the Classic Champagne Cocktail
Cooking
Break out the bubbles like woah

Guest

The Classic Champagne Cocktail Is Crazy Easy to Make
Cooking
It only takes a few extra flourishes to turn your flute into a full-fledged cocktail

Sam Dean

We Launched a Wine Shop for People Who Love to Eat
Drinks
These highly curated bottles are asking to be poured at your next dinner party.

Joseph Hernandez

How to Drink All Night, in a Classy Way
Culture
The guests can bring the wine. It’s what you pour before and after the meal that they’ll really remember. Here, five ace strategies to keep the party going from start to finish.

Julia Kramer

Watch a Master Sommelier Open a Bottle of Wine
techniques
Everyone knows how to open a bottle of wine, you say? Master Sommerlier Richard Betts has seen it done the wrong way a million times. Watch this video for how to do it properly.
5 Drink Mistakes to Not Make at Your Wedding
Culture
Turns out Champagne isn't as important as it seems.

Rachel Tepper Paley

4 Sparkling Holiday Cocktails That Call for Your Cheapest Champagne
Culture

Alex Delany

Like Drinking Wine in Front of the Fireplace, But Better
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Sponsored: Get ready for a fireside soirée to become your new favorite activity.

Veuve Clicquot

How a Sommelier Handles BYOB
Shopping
Hint: You should absolutely bring your own wine key too.

Elyse Inamine

How to Save a Broken Cork
Culture

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