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Published December 2006 |
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How To Open A Champagne Bottle
Courtesy of Dr. Vino |
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Look like an aggressive moron:
Remove foil and wire basket around cork. Clasp bottle with both
hands by the neck and work cork out with both thumbs. Shaking
optional. For safest results, this method is
only recommended off the side of a boat. |
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Look like a sommelier: Remove foil and wire basket. Place
palm of left hand over cork. Clasp and gently twist cork. Pour
chilled champagne into nearby flute. Switch hands if you're left
handed or want a "10" for degree of difficulty. |
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Look like a ninja sommelier (champagne sabering): Remove foil
completely from the neck of the bottle and wire cork basket. Find
the seam of the bottle with your thumb. Find a saber, machete or
other sword-like instrument lying around. Holding the bottle firmly
in your left |
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hand, position sword at the base of the neck of the bottle on the
seam. Swiftly move the sword up the the seam and strike the glass
lip right where the seam meets it. Ideally the cork and top portion
of the bottle will fly off. Note: best done outside. Also note, this
will require much practice so as they say, "don't try this at
home"--or on a date since you might end up looking like
this guy and wasting an entire bottle of bubbly (not to mention
looking like a dork).
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Recommended boutique, grower champagnes:
Pierre Gimonnet, nonvintage, $34
A blanc de blancs (only from chardonnay grapes) that has pleasant
notes of green apple.
Lamandrier-Bernier, nonvintage, $38
A fresh, crisp wine from a boutique producer who practices
biodynamics, a sort of "organic plus" style of farming.
Jean Milan, Terres de Noel, 2000, $70
This is also a blanc de blanc although richer than the other two in
part thanks to the single vineyard where the grapes are grown but
also because of a dash more sugar though it is hardly perceptible.
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Reactions? Send an email!
or visit
Dr. Vino's blog. |
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Yes, Dr. Vino is a real doctor..
Learn more about him at
www.drvino.net. |
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