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Our program of events throughout the year are held at prestigious venues gives our members and their guests excellent value for money and plenty of opportunity for Sabrage as well as enjoying fabulous friendship the finest Champagne and outstanding food.
We welcome the opportunity of introducing you to the noble art of Sabrage and the Confrérie du Sabre d’Or. Two hundred seventy five years ago dashing cavalry officers of the French Army, the happy Hussars from Germany and the lascivious Lancers from Great Britain would slice the cork of the Champagne bottle with a saber, rather than put themselves to the effort or removing the wire basket and easing the cork out.
When performed on a suitably chilled bottle, the cork and the glass annulus will fly away, without spilling a drop of the precious wine. The pressure of the Champagne always ensures that no glass falls back in the bottle.
Today, the Maître Sabreur is always there to make sure safety is observed, and the cork flies away from spectators.
There may be no more dashing Dragoons, happy Hussars or lascivious Lancers to sabrage Champagne, but we the Knights of the Golden Swords continue the proud tradition.
GORDON ROUGE CHAMPAGNE PARTY 2009
SILVER GATE YACHT CLUB OPENING DAY
Bill Grylls – adventurer and Club Chairman
Tom Avery - Polar adventurer
Patrick Woodhead – Antartic adventurer
Charley Boomer – Motorcyclist and adventurer
Peter Stollken – Polar balloonist and adventurer
Dee Caffari - Round-the-world yachtswoman
Sir Robin Knox – Everest mountaineer and adventurer
Dame Ellen MacArthur – Round-the-world-yachtswoman
Neil Laughton – Tribal expert and adventurer
Monsieur Frado from France instructs Dennis Khahn VP of the Mandalay Bay Resort Las Vegas how to Sabrage a bottle of champagne under the watchful eyes of French Ambassador Eva Gibert.
Monsieir Fredo instructs a young lady how to sabrage.
French Ambassador Eva Gibert presents a gift to Guy Buffet while NBC TV anchor man, Bill Menish finished successfully his sabrage.