How to open champagne with bare hands and more

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

It's easy to open the main New Year's drink if you know a couple of secrets or use special devices.

How to open champagne with your own hands

1. Chill champagne to 6–8 ° C. This will not only improve the taste of the drink, but also prevent it from splashing when the cork pops out.

2. If you expect to open the champagne carefully and not shoot the cork at the ceiling, it is better not to shake it.

3. Wrap the bottle with a towel or napkin. This must be done so that the wet container does not slip out of your hands. And so that the cork does not fly away in an unknown direction, cover the neck itself with a towel: this way it will be in the fabric pocket as soon as it comes out.

4. Remove the foil from the neck.

5. Position the bottle at a 45 degree angle so that the bottom rests on a hard surface, on your stomach, thigh, or the inside of your hand.

6. Remove the wire by holding the plug with your finger so that it does not open prematurely. The wire may not be removed completely, but only loosened.

7. Gently rotate the bottle (not the cork!), Gradually pulling out the cork.

8. As soon as you feel that the pressure inside the bottle begins to push out the cork, pry it off with your thumb and gently pull it out.

9. If you come across a particularly stubborn bottle, you can try to hold its neck under hot water for 3-5 minutes. This will help move the carbon dioxide inside the vessel towards the stopper and push it out.

How to open champagne with a corkscrew

This method is suitable if the wooden cork is broken. If it is intact, you need to cut off its upper part at the level of the neck. The corkscrew is screwed into the remaining cork and removed in the same way as from a regular wine bottle. In this case, the champagne wrapped in a towel must be firmly held in your hand so that it does not slip out.

But it is better to turn to this option only as a last resort. The cork is under pressure, so it will fly out with the corkscrew if you do not hold it. This means you can get hurt.

With a broken plastic stopper, this trick won't work. It will have to be picked out and taken out in parts.

How to open champagne with a knife

This method is quite dangerous and is designed for professionals who want to surprise the public. Of the minuses - the cork flies out abruptly and can injure someone. And the drink itself is likely to spill. But the fragments can be avoided by hitting the right point: the pressure inside the bottle will help to form an even chip.

1. Ideally, you need to take a sword or saber: they are heavier than a knife, so the blow is stronger. But with a certain skill, this trick can be done even with a spoon.

2. Chill the drink well. Remove the foil and wire.

3. Take a sword or knife in one hand and the bottle in the other, positioning it at a 45 degree angle. Grasp the bottle tightly. Some people advise placing your thumb in the groove in the bottom.

4. Aim at the protruding part of the bottleneck (the so-called lip) so that the sword or knife seems to fake it.

5. With a sharp movement away from you, hit the neck with the sharp end of the blade.

How to open champagne with special tools

However, progress has reached the point that it relieved us of the need to open champagne with hard manual labor. There are many models of corkscrews designed specifically for champagne, just to name a few. They will allow you to open the bottle with one easy movement and catch the cork themselves.

Such a device will help to easily pull out the cork, and then simply pull it out of the corkscrew. It costs about 2,500-3,000 rubles.

And to open the bottle with this corkscrew, you just need to pull up on the handle. It is already cheaper: about 1,500 rubles.

And with the help of this device, you need to pinch the cork, like with pliers, and pull it towards you. A small hook is for removing the wire guard at the same time. The price is about 800 rubles.