"I'm fond of fire, and crickets, and all that, A lobster salad, and champagne, and chat."

"Moet, that wine most blest and heady, Or Veuve Cliquot, the finest class, Is brought in bottle chilled and ready And …"

"We had champagne … what was the governor's compared with it? — no better than cider. Just fancy, not Cliquot but a sp…"

"At the beginning of the century, two brothers named S. were known in Moscow. They were even famous in their own way a…"

"...Champagne was sold at a high price in Moscow at that time. After the return of the inhabitants after the French oc…"

"Frederick the Great's father was a reveler, he loved wine, but did not like learning. One day he decided to let the B…"

"CHAMPAGNE. The sign of a grand dinner. Pretend to despise it, saying: 'It isn't really a wine.' Arouses the enthusias…"

"Vozhevatov: Shall we have a cold drink, Mokiy Parmyonych?"

"In spite of the boredom which was consuming me, we were preparing to see the New Year in with exceptional festiveness…"

"In those days we drank nothing but champagne — if we had no champagne we drank nothing at all. We never drank vodka, …"