variants
or less commonly Champagne
1
: a white sparkling wine made in the old province of Champagne, France
also
: a similar wine made elsewhere
2
: a pale orange yellow to light grayish-yellowish brown
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Servers glide by with carts of champagne and caviar, and with desserts waiting to be flambéed right at your table.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026
The performance will be introduced by musicologist Adam Gilbert and followed by discussions between the musicians and the audience, along with a buffet featuring French champagne.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
Ballroom staff will be equipped with cuff links that release sedative gas, bow ties that contain a garrote, white gloves with Tasers woven into the fingertips, champagne flutes that dribble, and fake vomit.
—Dahlia Gallin Ramirez, New Yorker, 9 June 2026
The newspaper also reported that when the boat was recovered the following day, investigators found 61 empty alcohol bottles on board, including an empty champagne bottle.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 8 June 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026
The performance will be introduced by musicologist Adam Gilbert and followed by discussions between the musicians and the audience, along with a buffet featuring French champagne.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
Ballroom staff will be equipped with cuff links that release sedative gas, bow ties that contain a garrote, white gloves with Tasers woven into the fingertips, champagne flutes that dribble, and fake vomit.
—Dahlia Gallin Ramirez, New Yorker, 9 June 2026
The newspaper also reported that when the boat was recovered the following day, investigators found 61 empty alcohol bottles on board, including an empty champagne bottle.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 8 June 2026
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“Champagne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/champagne. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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champagne
noun
cham·pagne
sham-ˈpān 
: a white sparkling wine
Geographical Definition
Champagne
geographical name
Cham·pagne
sham-ˈpān
historic region and former province of northeastern France west of Lorraine and north of Burgundy; capital Troyes
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