“I wish I’d drunk more Champagne.”
The dying words of LORD KEYNES

“Not only does one drink Champagne, but one inhales it, one looks at it, one swallows it …And one drinks it.”

“Champagne with its foaming whirls/As white as Cleopatra’s pearls.”
BYRON from Don Juan:

“I make wine for myself. What I can’t drink, I sell!”
VICTOR LANSON, of Champagne Lanson

“Three be the things I shall never attain: envy, content and sufficient champagne.”
Dorothy Parker American poet and short story writer (1893 – 1967).

“The word Champagne’ is so full of meaning, so desirable that it has always provoked envy.”
Spokesperson for the CIVC (The Comite Interprofessionel du Vin de Champagne), France.

{Champagne} “…it gives you the impression that every day is Sunday.”
Marlena Dietrich German actress (1901 – 1992).

“Remember, gentlemen, it’s not just France we are fighting for, it’s
Champagne!”
Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain, (1874 – 1965).

“Le Champagne ne se boit pas, il se déguste. Il ne faut pas l’avaler goulûment. On doit le déguster avec mesure dans des verres étroits, à gorgées espacées et réfléchies”. Translation: “Champagne should not be drunk, it should be tasted. One should not swallow it greedily. One should taste it slowly in narrow glasses, in well-spaced, thoughtful sips.”
Colette, French author, (1873 – 1954).

“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 – ).