How to Open a Bottle of Champagne

Published on Monday, November 5, 2007, by The CHOW Editorial Team / Edit Post

How to Open a Bottle of Champagne

Jeff Creamer of Two demonstrates how to properly open a bottle of champagne—a skill everyone should practice multiple times a week. It’s no daring saber-waving feat. It’s a simple twist of the bottle.
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  • I'm not sure I buy into the reasoning he's got behind the slow-open. The amount of carbon dioxide released by the bottle should be the same regardless of how the bottle is opened. It would even stand to reason that agitating the bottle by twisting it would cause even more CO2 to come out of solution in the wine than if the bottle were held steady and the cork pulled out.

    I've definitely heard...+READ

    I'm not sure I buy into the reasoning he's got behind the slow-open. The amount of carbon dioxide released by the bottle should be the same regardless of how the bottle is opened. It would even stand to reason that agitating the bottle by twisting it would cause even more CO2 to come out of solution in the wine than if the bottle were held steady and the cork pulled out.

    I've definitely heard that the sound of the cork should not be a POP, rather it should sound like "an angel's sigh". Theoretically speaking, though, it shouldn't make any difference how you open the bottle...assuming you don't shake it a la NASCAR-podium or slam it against the hull of the Mary-Rose.

    Ah man, now I have to do research...isn't life difficult?-COLLAPSE

  • Check out the video on www.inyourkitchen.com how to open a bottle of sparkling wine it's with Eileen Crane the winemaker and President of Domaine Carneros, Napa Valley

  • Of course there's always le sabrage--http://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-Champagne-Bottle-with-a-Sword

  • I love that episode and I love that show! I thought it was amazing that they had no sound at all, but I think having a silent non-pop will never be as festive for the majority of people, who open bottles of champagne simply for the shouts of joy that follow.

    Meredith "I shot that footage of my brother opening the champagne the wrong way for this video" Arthur

  • Anyone seen the episode of Three Sheets where Zane goes to France to drink champagne?

    The pros opened those champagne bottles with no sound whatsoever.