Fine Champagne

[ French feen shahn-pan-yuh ]

/ French fin ʃɑ̃ˈpan yə /

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noun

a high-quality cognac distilled from grapes grown in the Grande Champagne or Petite Champagne vineyards of western France.

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Origin of Fine Champagne

Borrowed into English from French around 1865–70

Some books are the literary equivalent of fine Champagne—delicious, much-desired, and appropriate for practically everyone.
Last-Minute Gift Books|Janice Kaplan|December 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He would also have poured down an eye-opener consisting of half a water glass of fine Champagne brandy.
The Eyes Have It|Gordon Randall Garrett
And when they came, it was for the good dinners, and the fine champagne direct from France.
Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch|Ulrich Frank
In what sort of a company was I, then, where mere seamen wore diamond rings and drank fine champagne from pewter pots?
The Iron Pirate|Max Pemberton

Still, one at least had company now; and he was not the man to be insensible to the fine champagne of the unexpected.
The Best Short Stories of 1917|Various
This was followed by cheese and dessert, and there was a free flow of fine champagne.
The Life of Johannes Brahms (Vol 2 of 2)|Florence May