Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Most Champagne Bottles Sabered: Frank Esposito breaks Guinness World Records' record (VIDEO)
NEW YORK, NY, USA -- Frank Esposito, a restaurant manager in Long Island, New York, set a new World Record by using a saber to open 48 bottles of champagne in one minute; Esposito struggled with a handful of bottles and a few exploded when he sliced off the corks; the previous Guinness World Records' record record was 47, according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/.
Photo: Frank Esposito, a restaurant manager in Long Island, New York, set a World Record by using a saber to open 48 bottles of champagne in one minute. Esposito struggled with a handful of bottles and a few exploded when he sliced off the corks. The previous Guinness World Records' record was 47. (enlarge photo)
The Guinness World Records' record for the most champagne bottles sabered in one minute is 47, achieved by Mirko Rainer (South Tyrol) in Mendrisio, Switzerland, on 6 September 2014.
Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the most champagne bottles sabered simultaneously; it was achieved by 277 participants in an event organised by Centro Empresarial e Cultural de Garibaldi (Brazil) in Garibaldi, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on 5 October 2013.
The Coral House in Baldwin has broken a Guinness World Records' world record for the most champagne bottles opened with a sabre.
General Manager Frank Esposito opened 50 bottles in less than a minute. The previous Guinness World Records' record was 47 bottles.
"I don't really know how I picked this up," Esposito said. "I guess it started when I was a kid, popping open bottles for fun."
"Sabrage" is a technique used to open Champagne by holding the bottle at an angle and sliding a sabre (sword) up the neck enough to slice off the collar and cork. The method was particularly popular during the Napoleonic wars.
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