Sabering for a Guinness World Record

St. Regis Atlanta Sommelier, Harry Constantinescu, accepted the extraordinary challenge to establish a Guinness Book World Record!
In partnership with Veuve Clicquot, Harry's first attempt to break the Guinness Book World Record, on September 17, 2010, was a valiant effort! He sabered 19 bottles of champagne in 60 seconds - an achievement that is undeniably admirable!
Harry's Challenge: Saber at least 22 bottles of champagne in less than 60 seconds.
Harry's Competition: Andre Saint Jacques sabered 21 bottles of champagne in one minute in October 2006 - Whistler, Canada.
Harry's Celebration: 19 bottles of Veuve Clicquot poured generously through the audience as Harry was congratulated on his first attempt. While he was three bottles shy of securing the World record, the challenge is not over! Follow the St. Regis Atlanta on Facebook for the next World Record Challenge! stregisatl

[@romewasnotbuiltinaday]

If that's a world record there must not be much competition for this world record.

[@de0xyrib0se]

Guy's name is Dumass, holder of many records.

[@GSXR90]

Champagne is too expensive to waste this way

[@LSMG2004]

This guy is way too serious to be messing up so badly

[@douglasbostonjr.3804]

Right I expected better

[@Jordan-rb28]

I mean it was probably stressful as fuck doing it not only for a world record company but all those people yelling and taking video

[@LSMG2004]

@@Jordan-rb28 true, but most people train in front of crowds before going on a global stage, lol. This guy choked as bad as I did when I shanked my first live penalty shot in front of packed bleachers. Thank goodness no one videotaped and uploaded that. Lol

[@Macatho]

Indeed, I expected much better.

[@alamfirdaus18]

2:25 you're welcome

[@Gorgun2010]

Thousands of dollars have been wasted in the making of this video. Assuming the audience didn't drink the champagne after the attempt.

[@casiopistachio1107]

I think the hardest thing about this is maintaining a good grip on the bottles since your hand will be drenched after the first few open. Otherwise I'm pretty sure I could do better and so could many

[@blataybragg7778]

My right ear has a great time

[@liam6733]

LMFAO

[@a09.69]

With that moaning

[@AverageCarGuy]

That was the dumbest thing I've watched all month, and it's the 24th.

[@TheBzza]

Same here fuck this I'm taking my ass to bed smh

[@TheBzza]

Same here fuck this I'm taking my ass to bed smh

[@TheBzza]

Same here fuck this I'm taking my ass to bed smh

[@TheCookieplant]

@@TheBzza It's for years later, but I need clarity. Did you take your ass to bed?

[@B3ARCAT]

I like his special gloves

[@BlackVortex93]

His mom must be so proud

[@josebaez8451]

Jajaja 😂 awesome!!!

[@HERXMES]

Probably is.... someliers are the real MVPs

[@spyrel1]

how very unimpressive that man was.

[@mingash90]

its not as easy as you think, if you see clearly they put 1 bottle facing forward and other facing back and the trick is to hit it where there is a line in the bottle which is where both ends of the glass meet is where the weakest part of the glass is thats why some of them had to be hit harder than others and some failed.

[@noodleboy5942]

Let’s see you do better MIKEY

[@reneebru1]

Can you do that? Now go down your Bud Lite and shut your pie hole.

[@spyrel1]

patriotgirl1 we don’t drink bud lite in the UK hun

[@e7725]

Yupp... No brain, just blawn. I know that cages was still on caps and it's not how it's done, but still it was the wrong angles, center of mass, direction of force etc... Like... Who would think lifting something up would give you easier momentum than dropping or pushing away something 😦

[@mr.voidout4739]

I think a more impressive feat would be how many you could do in one sweep (decaged obviously.) A row of vices would need to be set up, but it would look way more presentable than what seemed to be more wrestling with the bottles than sabering them.

[@ing360]

All Veuve. ALL VEUVE!!!!!!

[@Tupapito7140]

Wow, the most AMAZING video of SABERING I've seen! My life is complete!

[@4p166]

I felt the cringe throughout all my parallel selves

[@mistergarabaldi4845]

POP euugh POP euhh POP Uugh POP Uegh

[@ChicaGorilla312]

I don't know how I ended up here watching this

[@timepiece_enthusiast]

Not only was the performance underwhelming, the record is also useless af, then again, 95% of Guinness world records are

[@Kirbyfire73]

World records are all useless. It's more of bragging rights than anything.

[@yrvoicewillbheardkk6095]

WOW I WAS SOOOO WRONG....😂😂😂😂WHO ELSE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE GOING SUPER SPEEEEDY THROUGHTHOSE BOTTLES!! 😂😂😂😂😂 BRILLIANT!!!

[@picklestick6458]

It’s the loud breathing for me, that almost takes up the whole noise that is Being made in the video!

[@krishnakeshwala3157]

The pep talk at the start 😂 he was way too serious for this! 😂

[@GSXR90]

Whole time I can only hear that whistling breathing…

[@CloudyDaze]

Does the challenge specify you need to Saber with the foil and the cage still on with not lined up bottles? With proper prep work you could get it done no problem.

[@eragon6946]

CloudyDaze I noticed that too

[@jackw9920]

This should have a Guinness world record for most underwhelming record.

[@Harleylover14]

It is much harder to use these mini champagne sabers, in my opinion.

[@velocibadgery]

You can do it with a kitchen knife just fine, you don't even need a saber

[@JonasClark]

There is such a thing as a Champagne saber, and it's very blunt.

[@mysticdragonwolf89]

He has effort and heart I give him that - however it seemed more of a chore than fun

[@pookiebeatthata1790]

Bro sold that

[@ashtinmoody3273]

Just let him have fun stop saying he bad or what ever its supposed to be fun if you really care that much than beat his record

[@abhimanyukhedkar]

Champenge bottle be like hold my beer 🤣

[@dlyroadrunner]

Hahahah

[@spen4leeds]

looked shit to me. didnt have any style, looked like he was going to pass out

[@ScottAllen5568]

The record now is 68 about 3 times as many as he did

[@massivemagoo]

Why is there such a large crowd for this, how did they find all these people? Even if you offered me a crisp $20 bill to show up and watch this shit I would have said no.

[@daganmanrique8897]

Wow such a talent 😂😂😂

[@ChefTy999]

smh that's vueve clicqout

[@leoaksil4085]

Soooo aggressive. I thought he would be a professional

[@MaximillianTiberius]

He brought shame to his family

[@oakroyal]

Now pour the champagne!

[@BV_12345]

Where is he now?

[@gnpstang05]

It takes a fraction of the effort he put in. Didn’t have the right technique at all

[@nickp5418]

That was painful to watch

[@BladeReader]

J'aimerais savoir combien de pourcent de la bouteille est gâché par cette belle pratique ?

[@whigwood]

How pointless is this? . . .and what a waste of champagne.

[@gabriele8999]

BRAVO

[@iBRiDGE380]

Amazing. Very tough stuff.

[@calvinli9801]

I was expecting something impressive.

[@alpinecurrant7770]

Why was he panting 😭😭😭

[@BostonBreadKnight]

to everyone saying this guy looks bad... it reflects the difficulty of trying to do this properly and fast. he chose not to have the bottles lined up perfectly... if he had the bottles lined up perfect, he could have put on a much better show but it would have been fake. perhaps the haters would prefer watching videos of Chris Angel?

[@angusrobinson7032]

the reason the labels weren't all facing the same way is to do with him wanting the seam in the glass to be facing him (a vital part of sabering champagne), the labels are stuck on the bottles at random in manufacturing.

[@BostonBreadKnight]

A year later I see that my dreams have been ruined. Yeah maybe this guy actually did a poor job :(

[@angusrobinson7032]

shattered your dreams like a champagne bottle at a sabering convention

[@kvps27]

This seemed so unimpressive. I would probably be enough impressed to lift my eye brows a bit if he sabered them all correctly. But this was so useless

[@TheHauntedPotato]

My left ear is lonely

[@thecoolplug6045]

I could do more with a champagne glass

[@mr.knightthedetective7435]

He should have used bottle against bottle to saber. Would've made it much faster and cooler...

[@langstonstevens6551]

idk maybe it's really hard, i bet i couldn't do much better

[@horrendousAnime]

htf can yall hate on this dude from your meager non st regis homes

[@Knigh7z]

I’ve seen first timers do it faster and cleaner wtf

[@YouAreNumberSeven]

Champagne Sabers are dull on both sides.

[@cellansmith5124]

I don't think that is Guinness

[@mofo681]

skip to 2:27

[@jpungello]

That does not look like an accomplishment

[@goblin183]

yeah he doesn't, its a real champagne saber so its blunt on one side and really blunt on the other..

[@Chanlon95]

yeah but do you have a guinness world record? no, didnt think so

[@sihismundo7811]

He doesn't know how to treat a bottle of champagne: il n'a aucun respect pour le vin.

[@partsgeriausias]

Or you can just open the bottle as a normal person

[@angeloperez234]

Go watch mike boyd his is way better and he does it with the wine glass

[@jerrynadler2883]

I love all the Gen Z kids who never had champagne, don't know what a champagne saber is, and are thoroughly unimpressed he didn't swallow as many tide pods as he could in 60 seconds.

[@Leandro7470]

wut bro wha are you talking aboout

[@cellansmith5124]

So op is a loser

[@dlyroadrunner]

@@Leandro7470 😂😂😂

[@djericanthony]

Let me make the saber that will break the record, I sent an email to Adriana last week. Just finished one today. I know this was years ago but I could get the job done

[@spiritofe629]

This dude is such a bad ass . He will get all the hot chicks !!

[@lucasmatiasdelaguilamacdon7798]

The current world record is 55 bottles in 60 seconds. My personal best is 30 in 60 seconds. It’s a matter of practice, a true form of art.

[@nickhenao3414]

i dont get it ..

[@Zzz43277]

Its really not that hard i managed to do that on the second slide

[@Renner95634]

Can you say pretentious?

[@rowan5075]

sabreren kun je leren

[@ZeRealMcCoy]

"He's using the sharp side" - you guys knows he might have a blunt sword..?

[@gattapone169]

Tutta questa fatica......e se va a lavorare che succede? Prende un infarto dopo 5 minuti

[@cameronolive4809]

So over hyped

[@MrTechnolifewtf]

I came from an ig video

[@dmithsmith5880]

great job..everyone loves champagne with glass shards in it ...

[@ryguystudios4370]

dmith smith The carbonation pushes all the glass particles out

[@anonymous5401]

you obviously dont know anything about champagne

[@2ndhorseman]

This is a legitimate method of opening champagne. But I get your point.

[@ahmet.gokcay]

what the fucking going on here ?

[@lilbubbleify]

fatty boom boom youd have more chance with A SPORK YOU GET IN THE JAIL

[@Requinix17]

audio/video sync fail

[@michaelp9061]

He missed so many times. This is fking bs

[@cheekysausage7764]

It seems to me that any reasonably fit person, after a little practise, should be able to perform at least as well as this guy. He appears to be out of breath after the first couple of bottles and doesn't get into any sort of rhythm, completely failing to open some of them.

[@diegoe.r.8578]

Que aplauden?? 😅🤭

[@jdmeaney413]

not really...

[@fredgretchens8216]

This is the dumbest thing I've watched all year and its the 4th of January, who brought a baby?

[@JasperJJ1]

Better have used shitty champagne.

[@luisferrao]

More like a disaster than a world record feat. A lot of precious liquid was wasted.

[@Memoiana]

This guy’s high point in life, no doubt. Even got applause. Wish I could find pride in such meaningless activities.

[@21street-erfication90]

My favorite meaningless activity is commenting on youtube...especially commenting on other comments 😃

[@riseoflas]

Worst sabering I ever witness

[@vincentdael8003]

Only French people can do it, this guy is losing so much Champagne each time --' such a shame to give wine to American people.

[@thirsty_everest]

You sound just like a typical frenchman... fucking arrogant to the core with nothing going for yourself. French think they're better at everything... but what a useless breed of race 🤣🤣🤣

[@theguru8376]

You two are both morons

[@irfanfarrasiidries6184]

Noobie

[@daviddosne2031]

Sa devait être une sacrée beuverie !!!!🤢🤮

[@yevgeniytsarkov7256]

Looks kind of stupid

[@MrManjaleu]

boring

[@dctraveler7507]

What is the point of that ? It is equivalent of world record of eating butter 🧈 sticks, totally pointless...... not impressed!

[@lucydietrich]

sloppy

[@finmat95]

Meh...

[@mrJohnny1471]

Well, unfortunately I thought the St. Regis was a classy hotel, that hired professionals. This is ridiculous. I am a Sommelier, I sabre champagne and one day I can show you how it is done. So sad...

[@leodoismil]

extremamente ridículo... --'

[@jacasilva]

Patetic

[@kninezuniga6005]

PATHETIC!!!!

[@brianhonsinger8214]

CRINGE