Bottles of Bubbly

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As bottles and bottles of bubbly are being bought

to toast the new year and stock up local yachts,

I found myself curious about this sweet nectar

and decided to ask Google to be today's lector.

I already knew of the rule from the Treaty of Madrid,

but I learned a few things not known by most kids.

I (now) won't drink champagne from a short or wide glass.

It lets bubbles out faster and without them I'll pass.

I also now believe I could create a bottle-a-day-diet.

Only 9 grams of sugar! (Someone would try it.)

Did you know champagne can be used to entertain visually?

If you drop a raisin in, it will bounce... or so they tell me.

Madame Veuve Clicquot invented the riddling rack,

which pushed Champagne production into the fast track.

Many say Dom Perignon invented the French bubbly drink,

but that statement is not quite as true as they all think.

He was actually trying to prevent the bubbles from forming,

but fate wouldn't let them cease scrumptiously swarming.

Most of us couldn't fathom spending thirty-five grand

to buy the most expensive bottle found in the land.

We also couldn't afford to fill up the bathtub

with three-hundred-fifty bottles from the pub.

But each of us consumes millions of bubbles with one cheers,

that is, if you are drinking Champagne this New Years.

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