Putting a teaspoon in the neck of champagne bottle, and leaving over night...does this preserve the fizzyness?

Answer 1

NO - the teaspoon makes no difference.

It is an old wives tale -- and to be correct the spoon must be made of silver.


The fact is that the the spoon makes absolutely no difference.

You put champagne in lower case: it is important to understand that the story refers to Champagne -- i.e. the wine from Champagne, France, but in fact any wine made by the Champagne method works the same (but not cheap copies or coca-cola).

If you put the bottle upright in the fridge door the rising bubbles create a laye of carbon dioxide on the surface of the wine that seals the bottle and thus the bubbles are preserved --whether or not there is a silver (or plastic) spoon in the neck.

But to get even better bubbles, use a purpose made fizz preserver.

And if you regularly have unfinished Champagne may I suggest buying half bottles? They are great when you want just 3 glasses (1.5 each)

Answer 2

A lot of time and money has been thrown at this problem over the years, we're still not sure why Champagne or sparkling whites seem to lose less bubbles when left without any sort of stopper cork or other device even when left overnight in the refridgerator. A few studies have been completed and the findings generally are that the champagne keeps bubbles much better when left to breathe. A possible reason for this is that champagne, when made by the traditional method (where the champagne goes through some fermentation on it's own, in the bottle) is it's own separate micro-environment and without getting too technical, the yeasts in the champagne react to oxygen and work inside the bottle for a length of time (sometimes up to a few days) to keep producing bubbles. The spoon method has been shown to make absolutely no difference.

Answer 3

I love champagne and the only way to have it is within the first hour after you open the bottle!!
So no spoons or others if you really wanna keep it for some reason get one of those bottle closer things that snap on the bottle and pop when opened (sorry don't know the name) or wrap the thing up with clingfilm but generally - drink it fresh!

Answer 4

No, and the only thing I've ever used that works well is a champagne stopper like VacuVin: http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=167964&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ebuyglassware%2Enet%2F60801%2Easp

You can also get less expensive champagne savers/stoppers at your local wine shop that just press on and clip around the neck of the bottle.

Answer 5

The only way you can keep champagne is byresealing the bottle and then it won;t lastfor more than a day

Answer 6

any fizzy drink can only maintain its fizz if the cork or cover is 'air tight'

in this case i dont think the teaspoon provides enough air tight cover and the fizziness will go....

dude, whats left over champagne anyway ??? ;) LOL I always finish it up

Answer 7

the bubbles in champagne are the same as those in any fizzy drink. try putting a spoon in coke bottle as seeing if it keeps it's fizz.

Answer 8

Champagne never lasts long enough for me to test that theory!

Answer 9

Don't bother , finish the bottle the same night

Answer 10

Havent tried that one.If you put a cork from a port or sherry bottle in it that works.