Drink champagne - for connoisseurs
Transport champagne
Champagnes are sensitive people who do not like to be shaken up. All the transport routes that they cover between bottling and the moment of contagion do not suit them well.
Champagne tastes best if you put it in the fridge a few days before opening it. There he comes to rest and has enough time to cool down to the right temperature.
Store champagne
If you want to keep a bottle for a special moment, you can easily store the champagne outside of the refrigerator. A place with a uniform, rather cool room temperature is best suited.
Under no circumstances should a champagne be placed near a heater or on the kitchen cabinet above the extractor hood. Even vibrations hurt him, so a wine rack, for example, should never be next to the washing machine.
While storing still wines lying horizontally so that the cork stays moist, this is not so important with champagne. By the way, unlike big reds, most champagnes do not get better by years of lying down.
Temper champagne properly
Spontaneity and champagne go well together. But only when a chilled bottle is ready. Anyone who places an uncooled champagne in the freezer for a few minutes before opening it will be disappointed with the taste.
As a rule, you should enjoy champagne at about between 6 and 8 degrees. High-quality vintage champagnes are also allowed to reach the ten-degree mark. If you do not have a thermometer handy, serve the champagne a bit too cool, rather than too warm. Because in the glass, champagne heats up pretty quickly anyway.
Open champagne properly
When opening champagne, the following should be noted - at least if you do not want a Formula One feeling: hold the bottle at an angle and turn it carefully while holding the top of the cork. Then there is a soft "pop" and no one is showered!
Whether the champagne is still fresh, reveals the cork: The harder he turns out, the fresher the champagne. And if it breaks apart like a mushroom, that's a good sign. Small "Hutzelkorken", however, are usually longer in the bottle.
The right glass for champagne
Champagne should be drunk from a glass, which is one or tulip-shaped, because then the champagne bubbles for a long time. What is important is a handle - this is how the glass can be held without the hand heat being transferred to the drink.
If you have many guests in the house, but only a limited number of champagne glasses or champagne flutes in the cupboard, you can boldly reach for the red wine glass. Even in high-end restaurants, champagne has often been served in large burgundy glasses for several years. This is no longer a no-go!
