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/
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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
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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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