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Favorite Champagnes of Celebrities

Drinking with the Stars and Their Top Champagnes

Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade checks out a bottle of Armand de Brignac

"Come quickly! I am tasting stars!" Dom Pérignon is to have said upon his first sip of Champagne centuries ago. Since then, celebrities have been enjoying the storied beverage, as well as talking about it, endorsing it, rapping about it, serving it at their weddings, and pouring it on each other in winning locker rooms. Following, according to legend and rumors, are famous celebrities, the Champagnes they drink and what they may have said on the fizzy topic.

Celebrities and Their Bubbly

The cast of "Jersey Shore"
"Oh yeah, Champagne yeah!"

Lady Gaga
"Doin' it for the fame 'cause we gotta taste for Champagne"

The Notorious B.I.G.
"Birthdays was the worst days, now we sip Champagne when we thirsty."

Oprah
Armand de Brignac Brut Gold

Mariah Carey
Angel Champagne
"Baby, we can get back that shine."


Victoria Beckham
Armand de Brignac NV Brut Rosé
Ace Of Spades
"It's Posh!"

Jay-Z
Armand de Brignac
"Show me what you got!"

Kim Kardashian
Armand de Brignac
"If I'm going to spend money on anything, I want that Champagne!"

James Bond (Roger Moore)
Dom Pérignon
"Any man who drinks Dom Pérignon '52 can't be all bad."

Lil Jon
Veuve Clicquot
"Hennessy and Crunk Juice mek dem head dizzy dizzy."


Pamela Anderson
Veuve Clicquot
"I have two words for you: Champagne."

Usher
Champagne de Venoge
"Soon, hopefully, we'll have Champagne in my name that we can celebrate with — Usher de Venoge would be nice."

Jack Nicholson
Veuve Clicquot NV-Brut
"It's as good as it gets."

Sharon Osbourne
Audoin de Dampierre - Family Reserve
"Of course!"

Donald Trump
Louis Roederer Cristal
"A little moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation."

F. Scott Fitzgerald
As long as it's top-of-the-line
"Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right."

Lord Byron
"A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands."

Christina Aguilera
Veuve Clicquot
"What a girl wants, what a girl needs."

Britney Spears
Louis Roederer Cristal
"Bottoms up."

Sir Winston Churchill
Pol Roger
"Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of Champagne; knowing him was like drinking it."

Sir Mick Jagger
Louis Roederer Cristal Rosé
"Let's spend the night together."


Madonna
Louis Roederer Cristal
"I just think of you and I start to glow."
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Napoleon
Jacquesson & Fils-Brut
"In victory, you deserve Champagne. In defeat, you need it."

Madame de Pompadour
Any Champagne
"Champagne is the only wine that leaves a woman beautiful after drinking it."

Angel Champagne is Mariah Carey's own bubbly label

 

 

 

 

 

 


Victoria Beckham would choose Armand de Brignac NV Brut Rosé Ace Of Spades

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(Updated: 11/16/12 SG)

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