Dec 31 2009
Champagne to Bring in 2010
Although the pop of a champagne cork is often associated with ringing in the New Year, if we treat a bottle of good bubbly properly it should be something less than an uncontrolled explosion. Champagne spewing from the bottle is simply wasted wine.
Some simple rules:
- Champagne should be nicely chilled before opening; cold keeps the gasses in the bottle more compressed.
- Holding the bottle with your left hand, grasp the cork and the mouth of the bottle with your right and twist gently. The cork should begin to slide out and make a gentle pop as it escapes.
- Now by the light of a full moon on New Year’s Eve, plant the cork (it is cork, isn’t it?) and see if you can’t grow another bottle by 2011.
