Valentine's Day it's worth while taking a look at Pink Champagne. I know, I know – you will all be shaking your heads at me and saying it's Rosé Champagne, but somehow Pink Champagne has managed to stick in the public's general consciousness. Jayne Mansfield used to bathe in it twice a week, maybe that's why . . .In fact, Jayne liked all things pink – she created a 40-room Mediterranean-style mansion in Sunset Boulevard, Beverly Hills, which was known as the "Pink Palace." As its name implies, the mansion was all pink, with cupids surrounded by pink fluorescent lights, pink furs in the bathrooms, a pink heart-shaped bathtub, and a fountain spurting pink champagne. After her untimely demise the Pink Palace was owned by a plethora of stars before it was demolished - Ringo Starr, Cass Elliot, and Engelbert Humperdinck.
Pink Champagne is the favourite tipple of Dame Shirley Bassey and now di
va Mariah Carey is to launch her own label, named Angel – so too is the singer Pink who is hooked on wine-making and intends to take a two-year course to be a Master of Wine.In the 1950s Tallulah Bankhead used to sip Pink Champagne from a slipper at London's Ritz Hotel. Sipping champagne from a shoe is a custom to which several countries lay claim – some say it started in 19th century Russia, when men used to toast a ballerina's performance by drinking champagne from her ballet shoe. Some say it began in England in the 18th-century, before becoming popular in Paris in the 1880s at the Folies Bergère, where gentlemen used to drink from the shoes of the can-can dancers.
Last year the custom, known as Le Rituel, was brought back to life by Christian Louboutin and Piper-H
eidsieck, Louboutin created the Louboutin Champagne shoe featuring the designer's signature bright red soles and high stiletto heels, cut from Slovenian crystal. A limited edition gift box containing the Piper-Heidsieck Brut Cuvee and shoe shaped flute was available to buy at Selfridges for £350.00, but you could buy a drink from the shoe at Mews of Mayfair for £90.00!Pink Champagne is nowadays associated with Valen
tine's Day, whether it's down to its reputation in the past or whether it's down to canny marketing I can't tell. Online surveys have shown that women prefer the gift of Champagne on Valentine's Day above flowers and chocolate. It's ironic to think that Champagne was invented by a monk!Bordeaux-Undiscovered can send your beloved a bottle of Pink Champagne as a Valentine's Day gift with a personalized message. Champagne Authentic Rosé Brut comes from the House of Edmond Barnaut and is full of luscious fruit, exotic spice and irresistible bubbles. We don't supply shoes to drink it from (heaven forbid) but we can send it completely free of delivery charge!









































