Reminding us that champagne is to be drunk year-round, not just at the holidays, this week's book choice is
Voyage au coeur d'une bulle de champagne (Travel to the heart of a bottle of champagne), published by
Odile Jacob, 2011.
Written by champagne connoisseur Gérard Liger-Belair and fluid mechanics expert Guillaume Polidori, it takes a rigorously scientific approach to the art of champagne - focusing on the journey taken by the bubble as it makes its way to the surface of the liquid.
HBL loves: The breathtaking photographs of champagne, which fuse science and art in line with our S/S 13 macro trend
Wonderlab; and the sparkling facts found throughout. A single bubble measures 0.5mm; there are up to 2 million bubbles in a flute; and the pressure contained in one bottle is three times that found in an inflated car tyre.
