Qld Xmas revellers buying up 1.5-litre magnums of champagne
Cashed-up Brisbane and Gold Coast quaffers preparing for a Christmas-new year French bubbles bonanza have jumped on board a new trend.
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Single bottles of champagne are so old hat.
Cashed-up Brisbane and Gold Coast quaffers preparing for a Christmas-new year French bubbles bonanza are buying their champagne in 1.5-litre magnums, the equivalent of two regular-size bottles.
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And Tyson Stelzer’s champagne magnum masterclasses are selling out.
“Magnums of champagne are going gangbusters in Queensland,” said John Noble from the Australian Champagne Bureau.
“In the spirit of entertaining, magnums are becoming very popular in Australia.’’
Author and wine judge Stelzer says magnums may one day replace regular bottles.
The French were already referring to the standard bottle as the half-magnum, he said.
Magnums may be popular because they look spectacular in the ice bucket for the Instagram generation, said Charlie McKenzie at Brisbane’s Wine Emporium.
“We are selling a lot more magnums, and we don’t quite know why.”
Guests at Stelzer’s masterclass at Lumiere in the Mercedes Benz building at Newstead last Saturday quaffed from six different magnums ranging in price from $220-260.
They included Pol Roger Brut Reserve NV, Billecart Salmon Brut Reserve NV, Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut NV, Louis Roederer Brut Premier NV, Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve NV and a Bollinger Special Cuvée NV, all available from Cru Bar in Fortitude Valley.
However, champagne quaffers face the hideous prospect that supplies of the mystical bubbles may run low.
The New York Post reported champagne flowing “like water” in the Big Apple as New Yorkers celebrated Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump.
Champagne was also running out in Washington and other global centres.
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