By Ashlie Hughes
in VinePair
Want to live past 100? Forget the healthy eating and endless hours on the treadmill, just head to your local wine store and pick up some bubbles. At least, that’s the advice from the staff at Southlands Care Home, in Harrogate, England, who claim Champagne is the secret to one of their resident’s great health.
Born in 1911, Southland resident Dorothy Flowers celebrated her 108th birthday this week. Flowers credits her exceptionally long life to drinking Champagne and a love of horse racing.
“Dorothy loves company, so she’ll sit with us at the reception desk each day. She’s such a regular that she’s got her own drawer, which we keep full of chocolate buttons,” Helene Ballinger, the resident manager at Southlands, told Yahoo Style UK.
“Her real secret for longevity, though, has to be Champagne. It’s the only thing we ever see her finish a glass of,” Ballinger added.
Flowers received an astounding 654 cards from around the world wishing her a happy birthday and of course, multiple bottles of Champagne.
Forget diamonds: It seems like bubbles are a girl’s best friend.
SO START DRINKING BUBBLY TODAY! – HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS:
ALLIMANT LAUGNER CREMANT ROSE D’ALSACE
DOMAINE VARINELLES DAHEUILLER CRÉMANT DE LOIRE ROSÉ NV
EN TIRAGE 2010 BLANC DE BLANCS, BECKSTOFFER CARNEROS (Napa)
CARBONISTE 2018 ROSE OF PINOT SPARKLING (California)
LOUIS DE GRENELLE PLATINE CREMANT DE LOIRE
STEPHANE COQUILLETTE CARTE D’OR BRUT CHAMPAGNE
ANDRE ROBERT CHAMPAGNE BRUT “RESERVE” GRAND CRU, BLANC DE BLANCS, LE MESNIL
CAZALS 2009 CHAMPAGNE MILLESIME
CLOTILDE BRUT “GRAND-CRU” CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE
FRANCOISE BEDEL NV BRUT CHAMPAGNE “ORIGNI-ELLE”
HENRI DOSNON BRUT ROSE CHAMPAGNE
MONTHUYS CHAMPAGNE NV BRUT, 750ML
MONTHUYS CHAMPAGNE BRUT NV IN MAGNUM