Sabrate

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Term for "champagne sabering" (sabrage = "sabre"), in which the neck of a bottle of champagne is cleanly cut off using a sabre (can of course also be used with sparkling wine bottles ). According to other versions, sabrieren is derived from "sabler" (sand, to cover with sand), which is documented in French in 1695 with the meaning "to drink it all in one go" . Voltaire (1694-1778) interpreted the term to mean "drinking champagne en masse" . According to the common version, the term is derived from "Sabre" (sword, sabre). The custom has an old tradition dating back to pre-Napoleonic France and Tsarist Russia. At that time, French cavalry officers and higher ranks of the Tsarist army used it at large receptions and celebrations.

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