Champagne Saber

How to saber a bottle of Champagne:
•Chill neck of Champagne bottle in ice for 10 minutes. Keep cork cage on bottle when icing.
• Remove all foil and wire cage from bottle.
• Locate the seam that leads up to the lip of the bottle.
• Hold bottle with your non•dominant hand at a 30•degree angle, place thumb in the punt of the bottle. Top of bottle should be angled away from body.
• Rest the blade flat against the glass on the seam.
• In one swift motion, run the blade along the seam of the bottle, strike the lip and follow through.
• The cork and the lip will separate from the neck of the bottle.
• Celebrate!