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Home > Wine insight > Serving Champagne

Wine insight > Serving Champagne

Serving Champagne

Good sparkling wines deserve good glasses. The ideal glass is the tall tulip shaped vessel, which concentrates the bubbles and keeps the wine as cool as possible. Champagne is best when served between 6-10 degrees Celsius (45-50 Fahrenheit). Refrigeration in a standard kitchen fridge for 4 hours should be adequate. 

   

Great care should be taken when opening the bottle. A typical Doctor’s surgery in Champagne will treat upwards of twenty people a year for injuries sustained by flying corks! Champagne corks should be eased out of the bottle with considerable care. Hold the bottle firmly and point the bottle away from you at an angle of about 45 degrees. Untwist the wire muzzle, and keep a thumb over the top of the cork. Twist the bottle off the cork to avoid breaking the cork, so that it is finally eased out, producing a “gentle sigh.” Pour the wine gently into each glass, holding the glass at an angle which helps to control the foam.  

   

Cheers.