JOWY Productions invites you to Wedding Wednesdays: Champagne Coupes
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 4:11PM Once in awhile there is a wedding trend that you hope will stick around for awhile. And for us, that trend is champagne coupes.
Starting with Marie Antoinette in the 1600's until the 1960's, the coupe was the preferred glass from which to sip Champagne. As a matter of fact, this shallow, saucer shaped glass had as much screen time as Humphrey Bogart did in the 1942 movie Casablanca. The coupe was synonymous with elegance, money and class. Its popularity began to wane in the early 70's and was replaced with the flute style glass which is mostly what we see used today.
Over the past few years, we have seen the coupe come back in style at weddings and parties and we could not be happier. It looks prettier on a table, it is easier to tray pass around a party (we think of these things, we are party planners after all) and it holds a little over 8 ounces of Champagne vs. a flute's mere 6 ounces. Who doesn't love more Champagne!
Now experts will tell you that a coupe allows the bubbles to dissipate too quickly but we take that to mean we will just need to sip ours a little faster!
We would love to hear your opinion? Coupe or flute? Let us know in the comments below.
