| Here are some tips to better enjoy all the | | | | Failing tulip glasses, you can also use tasting |
| attractions of champagne: | | | | glasses specially designed for wine tasting. We find |
| Conservation of Champagne | | | | these glasses in shops specializing in very |
| Champagne keeps cool in an aired cellar at a | | | | affordable prices. Whatever type of glasses, they |
| temperature of about 12 º C. It should be | | | | should not be washed in the dishwasher because |
| stored horizontally away from the light that could | | | | it leaves traces of product that kills the bubbles of |
| damage the champagne. The champagne bottles | | | | champagne. If it's still the case, it will rewashing |
| must be handled carefully avoiding the move. | | | | glasses with hot water then dry on a rack. The |
| Temperature of Champagne | | | | hand wash and hot water is recommended. |
| Champagne is drunk chilled but never iced. | | | | Open the champagne |
| Champagne must be placed in the fridge at least | | | | After removing the bottle from the bucket and |
| three hours before serving. For this, the bottom | | | | having carefully wiped, hold it firmly tilted. Remove |
| of the refrigerator is ideal. A temperature of 8 º | | | | the cap and the wire cage and then slowly turn |
| C is recommended for most champagnes not | | | | the bottle in his right hand while maintaining a |
| millisimes young and lively. For vintage champagne | | | | strong cap with his left hand until the gas escapes. |
| or rose, a temperature of 10 to 12 º C is more | | | | It'll just remove the cap! |
| appropriate. If you lack the time, you can put the | | | | Champagne Tasting |
| champagne in a bucket of water and ice, the | | | | Take the time to look into your champagne glass |
| temperature will be in fifteen or twenty minutes. | | | | by the foot. The different colors for different |
| Avoid freezer that alters the flavor because of its | | | | types: a young champagne pale yellow to white |
| cold too violent. | | | | to black and green or gray to white white. The |
| The champagne glasses | | | | bubbles may be more or less numerous, thin, |
| The ideal container for tasting champagne tulip | | | | sharp or diffuse and slow as champagnes. Smell |
| glass. Flared, wide and high, it allows the bubbles | | | | the champagne then turning it gently in your glass |
| to move at will and preserve and restore more | | | | which has the effect of releasing its aroma and |
| flavors than do the cuts to the edges too broad. | | | | finally taste it now! |