Ms. DINAH WASHINGTON: (Singing) You go to my head and you linger like a haunting refrain and I find you spinning round in my brain like the bubbles in a glass of champagne.

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She did a good impression of having her old confidence, standing by the tree laughing, a glass of champagne in her hand, her hair golden in the Christmas lights.

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As Gil, who has gotten lost, pauses on a narrow street, church bells ring at midnight, and a group of swells being chauffeured in a vintage limo haul him aboard and pour him a glass of champagne.

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Dr Price eventually died at home in Llantrisant at the age of 93, sipping a glass of champagne.

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The trip from the west begins in Seattle at 4:40 pm with a complimentary glass of champagne, sipped while you enjoy the watery vista of Puget Sound with the snowy volcanic dome of Mount Rainier winking in the background.

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It is all part of a three-and-a-half year vine to glass process that mimics the process of how sparkling wines are made in the Champagne region, and the results can be tasted in a sampling session at the end of the tour.

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