Definition: Champagne sanding

Also in the sense of "drinking in one gulp", swallowing in one go, like sand sliding down. In^{the 17th century} , sabler already meant "to drink in one gulp", like molten metal that a foundry worker pours in one go into a mould made of hardened sand.

Littré notes that sabler champagne meant to coat the inside of a flute or coupe with fine sugar to increase the effervescence of the wine.