Keeping Champagne Bubbly - Tip of the Day

by Sarah LeTrent, Posted Jan 1st 2010 @ 9:00AM

Learn how to keep that bubbly sparkling long after the cork has been popped.

Champagne is one of life's great fizzy pleasures. If you regularly imbibe bubbly, it may be economical to invest in an actual Champagne stopper designed to pressure-seal the bottle and retain the fizz.

But if you just drink Champagne occasionally, try following the French old wives' practice, which requires inserting the handle of a silver spoon into the neck of bottle and popping it in the fridge. Others swear by storing the bottle uncovered in the refrigerator. With either of these methods in effect, the bubbles tend to hang around for about 24 hours.

There's one thing everyone agrees on: The worst way to retain effervescence is to recork the bottle. The most efficient way? Finish the bubbly at once.

Have a favorite tip for keeping Champagne fresh? Leave it in the comments!

Filed Under: Tip of the Day, Drink Recipes
Tags: bubbly, champagne, preserving champagne, prosecco, saving champagne, tip of the day

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12-15-2009 @1:52PM Jim said... I need a good moderate priced bubbly for Christmas day .. something under 20 dollars french or american is fine .. we are looking for something that we can enjoy all year long but wont break the bank
thanks
Jim
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12-15-2009 @1:55PM Sarah LeTrent said... Well, Jim, you've come to the right place! Here are six bottles of bubbly under $20 just for you.

http://www.slashfood.com/2009/12/11/sparkling-wines-under-20-dollars/

Let us know if you end up using one!
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3-21-2010 @8:31PM Frank Miyanaga said... I have a sure way to preserve champagne. I have made a champagne bottle stopper that enables you to re-pressurize an opened bottle of champagne with 55 psi of inert gas to return the remainder of the contents back to its original state as if the bottle were never opened. You can pour
just one glass as often as you want until the bottle is empty and never worry about the champagne going flat. I have kept an opened bottle for months and the last pour was as fresh as the first pour.
http://www.champagnesaver.com
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