Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Celebrating sport victories with champagne – Where did it start?

Bring out the Champagne because South Africa is having a great sports year as we conquered the British and Irish Lions, the Tri-Nations and the Cricket Aussies Down Under. Have you ever wondered where celebrating sport victories with wine started? Back in the ancient Olympics. Serious .

Celebrating an athletic or sport victory with wine or Champagne is not a recent phenomenon. Legend has it that as far back as the ancient Olympiads, Calabrian athletes celebrated victories by drinking Ciro wine, making Ciro wine one of the oldest existing wines.

Source: corksavvy.com

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