images-3Why is it so seductive?
What makes it so divine?
Is it the colour?
The flavour?
The Marque or the mousse,
That makes it the king of wine.

images-5From small quarter to Nebuchadnezzar,*
Why can’t I resist yet again?
It’s all the above
Plus the fizz and the zing,
The miraculous, magnificent
Joy of the thing,
That I find in a glass of champagne!

* For champagne aficionados everywhere to remind them of what (in their wildest dreams) they are aspiring to!

Quarter Bottle = 18.75 cl
Half Bottle = 37.5 cl
Bottle = 75 cl
Magnum = 1.5 l
Jeroboam = 3 l
Rehoboam = 4.5 l
Methuselah = 6 l
Salmanazar = 9 l
Balthazar = 12 l
Nebuchadnezzar = 15 l