Champagne and Oysters for New Year's

Pry open the shells and tip the essence into your mouth in a toast to this land and its endless bounty.

photo by Andrew Celbulka of Charleston

New Year’s Eve parties in the Lowcountry are where champagne is sipped, booze is nipped, and toasts are made to the New Year with plates of succulent oysters. Only a couple of days before they had been silently nestled in creeks from the May River to Bohicket, Bulls Bay, and Murrells Inlet.