Don't wake the sleeping wine: open the sparkling softly!

To wake up the wine after its resting period, do it without making too much noise! Many times you go to a restaurant and they serve you sparkling wine by popping it open, but that is not the correct way and, even more so, it is not elegant. What’s worse is if the wine is particularly aged. Staying in the bottle for a long time means that a balance has been created that preserves the quality of all components and when it is brought back to light it must not be done roughly. It especially should not be done with sparkling wines even if it seems like a bit of an exaggeration.

As you know, sparkling wine usually has an internal pressure of about 6 atmospheres, which ensures a nice perlage and a beautiful brightness in the glass. Well, if we pop it open noisily, an excess amount of CO2 escapes and thus loses some of its pressure. In fact, you may have happened to go to a prestigious restaurant and see the sommelier who gentle guides the cork. It is not to avoid disturbing other customers at the tables but to prevent ruining the wine that will enter your glass.

This applies throughout the year… except for New Year's Eve or if you are a Formula 1 champion!

We recommend you visit the page for our sweeping wines... and when you decide to open one, you will know how to behave.