I was reminded of this when I went to Hemisphere on Friday night for some sort of Veuve Clicquot party. Shane from The House of Marketing had sent me this link (HERE) a while back letting me know of the best way to chill champagne, knowing that I like the odd tipple.

After 5 years of research (Time well spent on keeping nerds in a lab) Porsche and Veuve Clicquot have created a Viagra of sorts because it is giving me a huge bone.

PRESS. CHILL. SHARE are the words it goes by. This ice bucket will cool a bottle of champagne in 20 minutes, and keep it cool for 4 hours. The secret is in it’s cooling core, which unfortunately can only be used twice (Once for 8 hours, or twice for four hours) It works by drawing heat out of the bottles and into a heating stone…I think. Actually I’m not sure what it’s vibe is, but it’s sick!

We refer to these lifestyle accessories as “panty droppers” because chicks go mental for this stuff because it shows that you are wealthy. And wealth unfortunately trumps good looks (Donald Trump, Mini Me, Lyle Lovett etc)

This should launch in 2009 which incidentally is exactly 100 years after the first bottle of champagne was produced by a young man named Jean Girard Champoen. Brewing the first load of champagne from potatoes on board the HMS Tittyride, Jean Girard was a conqueror of the ladies. It is said his spirit lives on in every bottle of champagne made today, hence the reason why every time you enjoy a bottle of champagne with a lady, you get sex.

The first bottle of champagne was enjoyed by Jean Girard and his lady love on board HMS Tittyride off there by the Bahamas, and that night he went on to pump out a couple of Girardlings. It is said he died afterwards, and his ashes were placed in this bottle of champagne and mixed with cocaine and scattered in the ocean.

Which seemingly explains why models like Kate Moss have lots of sex, do lots of cocaine, drink lots of champagne and like to chill on yachts in exotic locations.

Jean Girard can also therefore be credited with the “Size Zero” or “Runway Diet” of champagne and cocaine which helps models keep their sexual physiques.

Truly a revolutionary, Jean Girard was a great man and his spirit lives on in every bottle of champagne. And with the Veuve Clicquot and Porsche designed ice bucket, his spirit is now a cool one.

A tribute to a legend, prost!

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Sean Lloyd

Editor