Champagne Flute
$24 play money
One flute of sparkling wine, for a toast. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $24 in play money, which puts it in the Everyday tier ($15 to $59). It is part of the everyday core of the menu.
No payment, no address, no delivery. This is a game.
Key facts
- Cuisine
- French
- Menu section
- Beverages & Drinks
- Price tier
- Everyday ($15 to $59)
- Play-money price
- $24
- Main ingredients
- sparkling wine
- How it is served
- A tall narrow flute of pale gold sparkling wine with fine bubbles
History, tradition and origin
Wine has been made for at least eight thousand years, beginning in the Caucasus and spreading with the Greeks and Romans. Medieval monasteries mapped the best vineyards of France. Sparkling wine made by a second fermentation in the bottle was perfected in northeastern France in the 1700s and became the drink of toasts, weddings and new year.
Food economy and industry
Italy, France and Spain produce about half of the world's wine. A vintage is the year the grapes were picked, and weather makes some years far better than others; 2008 is regarded as an outstanding year for sparkling wine in northern France. Rare bottles are traded at auction and held as investments, with storage history affecting the price.
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