While either of those options might work just fine, my suggestion is pretty simple: Just use a waiter’s corkscrew. First make ...

regardless of whether it's Dom Perignon Champagne or just a spumante. If you haven't tried to open it yet, start by peeling off the foil around the wire cage and the cork. Leave the cage on the ...

More restaurants are opting to serve champagne in wider glassware ... you will be presented with the "muselet," or the wire cage that keeps the cork in place. There will be an " O ring" of wire ...

Placing the red hot metal around the neck, it makes a clean break leaving the cork intact. The method originated in Portugal as an alternative to opening very old bottles of wine with corks that ...