How to Properly Open Wine and Champagne Bottles

You thought you knew how to open wine andfirmly lift the cork straight up. Wipe the neck of
champagne bottles? Well think again. You do notthe bottle again, present the cork to your guest
simply pop off the cork and fill up the glass. Youand pour one ounce of wine into their glass and
have to go about a little more graciously than thatlet them taste it. If they like it, pour some more
if you are to impress anyone and to pleaseand remember to wipe it after its time you have
customers if you are to have a job as apoured with a towel.
bartender. Here you will learn how to open theseHow To Open Champagne Bottles
drinks the right way.Champagne does not get opened by using a
How To Open Wine Bottlescorkscrew and needs to be dealt with in a more
To open a wine bottle, you will need a waiter'sspecial, but fun way.
opener. This can be had at most liquor stores orRemove the top foil capsule to get to the place
you could find a fancy one online.you open the bottle. Remember to hold the bottle
You start by using the blade on the top of theat an angle and point it away from people and
bottle to cut away the foil or capsule that sealsanything that is valuable. Now you hold the cork
the cork in the bottle neck and remove it.and start to twist the bottle around. Just before
Remember to wipe the area that you did that, asthe cork is about to pop, place a bar towel over
to make sure foreign objects don't get into thethe cork and bottle and loosen the last bit (if you
drink.don't prefer to shoot of the cork and make a
You then line up the screw on the opener straightlittle ruccus)
over the cork and with gentle pressure you startHaving a spare towel is smart here as sometimes
to screw clockwise into the bottle. Screw just theit will make a lot of mess the sparkling water, so
right amount to be able to take out the cork andto avoid this, you must refrain from shaking the
don't go through the end.bottle before opening it.
Now you must attach the lever and slowly, but