Popping Champagne

The Coral Casino was the place to be when French champagne maker Dom Perignon hosted a heavenly bubbly bash to launch its association with Beanie Baby billionaire owner Ty Warner‘s eponymous bar across the way at the Biltmore.

Every Friday through August Ty’s will feature the sparkling libation, created by Moet & Chandon in the 1920s and named after a 17th century monk, along with oysters, lobster and shrimp.

To mark the launch magnums of vintage Dom Perignon 2006, which retails for around $550 a bottle, flowed like water, along with delicious seafood, including Maine lobster and oysters from British Columbia, Monterey, and Baja, prepared by executive chef Marco Fossati and sous chef Manu Calderon, along with quail eggs and caviar.

Dom Perignon’s 1961 vintage was also served at the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles to Princess Diana at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, in 1981 in honor of the new Princess of Wales’ birthday year.