Champagne

World Champagne Day may be on 18 October, but in the States, they celebrate National Champagne Day on 31 December – which, if you ask us, would be a far better day to celebrate the world’s love affair with bubbly; especially considering that more than 360 million glasses of champagne and other sparkling wines are consumed on New Year’s Eve!

So, in honour of champagne, which the French Benedictine monk, Dom Perignon, claimed was like ‘tasting the stars’ here are our favourite champagne quotes to help ring in the New Year.

Lilly Bollinger, tasked with travelling the world and promoting the Champagne brand, once famously said ‘I drink it 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’m not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise, I never touch it—unless I’m thirsty.’ Much loved throughout the world, particularly at celebrations, few things are more synonymous with New Year’s festivities than Champagne.