occasions like New Year’s Eve. Make a resolution to add glamour to your life everyday by sipping bubbly in vintage barware and glassware. From colorful and elegant trumpet-shaped Murano champagne flutes to wider coupe or saucer-shaped glasses from the ‘40s, champagne is always served best after chilled in a spectacular vintage ice bucket.

The famous bubbly was invented 350 years ago by Christopher Merret, a British scientist, when he noticed

that English wine coopers had begun adding sugar and molasses to wine to make it “brisk and sparkling.” Merret’s recipe for this fermentation process predates French monk Dom Pierre Perignon’s influential discoveries by more than 30 years.

Enjoy the festive centuries-old invention with a few of our special champagne and sparkling wine recipes. Happy 2013!