Sparkling wine is an attribute of many holidays and events. But, despite the huge popularity of champagne, not everyone knows how to properly open a drink bottle.
If handled carelessly, you can harm both yourself and others. In addition, it is important to understand how to open a bottle in a difficult situation when it is not possible to remove the cork using conventional methods.
How to open champagne
There are several ways to open champagne in a critical situation and not only. We recommend that you take a look at some of them:
Slowly twist the cork
Until the bottle makes a kind of muffled sound. It indicates that the pressure is relieved. After that, the cork easily and neatly comes out of the bottle.
The French method or the so-called “saber strike”.
The bottle is hit with a saber (or a knife) held at an angle of 45 degrees so that a stream of champagne flies out in a stream.
The method was popular in France during the reign of Napoleon, who used to open the drink in this way when celebrating his victories.
Spoon
By analogy with the previous method, there is a way to open wine with a spoon, only in this case you need more strength and accuracy.
Knife and regular corkscrew
If a bottle of champagne is sealed with a cork cork, you can open it with a corkscrew, like ordinary wine, after cutting off the rounded top of the cork with a knife.
By knocking out
You can open a bottle of champagne by knocking the cork out of it with another bottle, but not a glass one.
With a long screw and pliers
It is necessary to screw the screw into the cork, while leaving about a third of the leg with the cap on the surface.
We grab the screw with pliers and carefully remove it along with the cork.
Using a pocket knife
Its blade is carefully inserted between the cork and the neck of the bottle, then you need to slowly press while holding the bottle with your hand.
Moving the blade, you need to stick it into the cork.
After that, pull the knife with the cork until it appears from the bottle.
At the end, you can intercept the cork with your hand and remove it.
With wire
Its end should be bent, making a hook, and pushed into the cork, perforated through. Make a small twist so that the hook fits well into the wood, and slowly pull the wire until the cork comes out of the bottle.
The bottom of the bottle fits into a shoe
Just above the heel (or wrapped in a towel, shirt, etc.).
Now it’s worth hitting the bottom of the bottle against the wall until the cork comes out of the neck a little more than half.
The main thing is to follow the process so that the cork does not come out to the end.
Grab it in time and open it further with your hands.
Cork inside
Try to stick the cork inside the bottle, cutting off its upper part first.
You can push it with your finger, but without bending it or with the help of a heel, a key, a spoon, a pen, lipstick, etc.
Especially convenient method for women.
With a shoelace or twine
In addition, you will need a sharp object, such as a knitting needle, an awl or a flat screwdriver. A large knot is created on the lace and pushed through the cork with a sharp object. When the knot is under the cork, pull the rope. In this way, the cork will come out of the bottle.
With lighters
They warm up the neck of the bottle and gradually the cork begins to come out on its own. Just grab it and take it out with your hands.
Syringe
With its help, air is pumped into the bottle, and the cork begins to come out of the neck.
Hammering a few nails into the cork
So that their caps do not touch each other and we pull them out with a cork with a nail puller, which is usually located on an ordinary hammer.
Buy a corkscrew for sparkling wines
As an option, purchase a special corkscrew designed for uncorking sparkling wines.
Now you will be able to open champagne without problems if you can’t do it in the traditional way.
Relevance: 12.05.2018
Tags: Tips and life hacks