Issue No.19 - Polo De'Marco Magazine Issue No.19 | Page 34

M aison Mumm launched officially their remarkable Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar, an innovative feat of technology, which makes it possible for space travellers and astronauts to enjoy champagne in the challenging environment of zero gravity. Therefore, setting the new record for being the first champagne bottle in the world made for space travel. The fruit of the 3-year partnership along with Spade – a young agency specialising in space design – Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar utilises a groundbreaking new glass and bottle concept to change life in space. That makes it a high-tech champagne accessible all in the near future. Last September 2018, the pioneering champagne brand Maison Mumm, along with its CEO and the famous Usain Bolt, set a new groundbreaking record. The launch of the Cordon Stellar became the very first champagne to be enjoyed in zero gravity, a beyond compare step. Pushing the limits of daring has been part of the DNA of Mumm since the brand was established in 1827, and its current creation is incredibly daring. You see, Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar spent 3 years of experimentation and research to bring the project in reality. It is the outcome of the partnership between Jean-François Clervoy, a French ESA astronaut, and Octave de Gaulle from design agency SPADE. The agency specialises in making things for use in space. The dare of enjoying superb champagne is more complicated than one might think. You will find a lot of key considerations like the specifications, the tasting ritual, and respecting the champagnes aromas. This doesn’t include the restraints an absence of gravity could have on a gaseous liquid. Oenologists, astronauts, researchers, and engineers were all obliged. Along with these combined skills of the dynamics of capillary action and fluids, they were able to know the terrestrial behaviours of the champagne.