Afterward, the celebration continued into the hotel dining room and up to their suite for more champagne and conversation.
The distinction is not that big, but First gets you a kids club, more champagne choices and better food.
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For those with more Champagne tastes, there's Polanco, a tony neighborhood of Maserati and Bentley dealerships, Gucci and Chanel boutiques and guys with pink button-downs and popped collars.
This may be its make-or-break year in terms of reputation, especially as shoppers are looking for a little more than free champagne to get those hard-won Prada wallets to open.
Motorola is likely more worried about popping champagne than giving out US launch details right now, but earlier leaks give us a strong hunch that the MT887 could hit Verizon as the uncannily similar (if still very unofficial) Droid Fighter before too long.
Paris is traditionally more of a wine and Champagne capital than a hub of mixed-drink innovation.
Fortunately there are plenty of options for those of who want a champagne or near-champagne experience on more of a beer budget.
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What's more, while the average Champagne grape loses its identity in a huge blending vat, grower Champagnes reflect the character of a particular site, or village.
It is more likely that they popped open champagne bottles and celebrated, for now they had achieved government control over the gigantic home mortgage business.
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Serious buyers cluster hungrily around the gallery directors, eager to nab their favourite pieces (the more experienced of them employ strategic body-blocking techniques: they hold plastic champagne glasses aloft and to one side, taking up more space and threatening to spill upon their competition).
As is often the case with France, there are a few more rules regarding the production of true Champagne.
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Then there's elevenses with pork pie and spirits, followed by a black tie dinner, champagne, port stilton and more.
There are other lesser known champagne houses that undercut their more famous brethren, and while harder to find in this country, there are also plenty of high quality French sparkling wines from outside the Champagne region commanding far lower prices.
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Some think these wines are more "pure" never mind that an undosed Champagne can also be quite high in acidity and a bit of sugar can make it taste better, more balanced.
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More and more farmers who used to sell to the giant Champagne houses are vinifying their own grapes.
Now, however, more and more grape growers are opting to produce their own Champagne for export, something Dr Charters says is an opportunity to bring grape growers and Champagne houses together to discuss their trade.
White wines don't have such a problem, says Moorfield, and if you like the taste of a champagne on the ground it's more than likely to taste just as good in the air (regardless of how much you drink).
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The 10 sessions will combine Champagne- and wine-specific topics with more general, practical business education, including marketing, human resources and brand management.
Recently they have selectively introduced in Germany some fancy foods like lox, lobsters, champagne and other gourmet items in order to attract a more diversified clientele.
While the scheme allows it a place among parma ham, Champagne and stilton cheese, the benefits for the region are more substantial.
Scott Fitzgerald once bellied up to this bar, where you can choose from more than 40 bourbons or sample the Seelbach cocktail, a heady mix of champagne, bourbon and bitters.
The travel agent may get the same rate as you, but in many cases, they get upgrades worth a couple of hundred dollars or more per night, from room class upgrades which are significant to extras like champagne on arrival, free breakfast daily, in some cases even free meals and free spa treatments.
More than 100 stallholders gather here every Saturday morning to sell upmarket metropolitan essentials, from champagne to organic bread.
But one business school is taking a more direct route by actually studying one of the globe's true pleasures -- Champagne.
Now, Dr Charters has set about trying to help growers in the Champagne region decide the future of their industry, notably the trend towards smaller, more distinctive brands that reflect a particular "terroir" -- the combination of climate and soil composition that gives a wine its character.
Though there was cheering and champagne in the control room when the first high-energy beams collided, sighs of relief are more the order of the day.
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