No, putting a spoon in an open bottle of champagne doesn't keep it bubbly – but there is a better way

  • Written by: Geoff Scollary, Adjunct Professor, Charles Sturt University
No, putting a spoon in an open bottle of champagne doesn't keep it bubbly – but there is a better wayWes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

At a recent tasting, I was presenting some sparkling wines from the Limoux region of France, a region that produced sparkling wines at least 100 years before wines from the Champagne region were well known.

Towards the end, I commented that if the bottle is not empty, seal it with a sparkling wine stopper and...

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