Here's a trick: If you have a leftover half bottle of Champagne (or Prosecco) that's getting flat, and you want to bring the bubbles back, drop a raisin into the bottle. Any carbon dioxide that's left in the wine will stick to the raisin's ridges and release as tiny bubbles. Cool, right?(Tip via Real Simple)
That's a great idea! I will absolutely be using that for (and after) new years this year!
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i want to try it on regular (not flat) Champagne just to see if it makes it even more bubby:)
ReplyDeleteer, um, "leftover champagne"?!
ReplyDeletethats a good reason to not drink the whole bottle at once!
ReplyDeletehaha, suse, good point:)
ReplyDeleteGreat tip! That's one for my Pinterest board :)
ReplyDeletehaha I agree with Suse.
ReplyDeleteHa! That is brilliant. Thanks, Joanna. Im loving those party tricks:) Kisses
ReplyDeleteOh, good idea.
ReplyDeletethis would solve all our problems of left over prosecco in the fridge that stay there until I end up having to throw the contents away! shameful, I know!
ReplyDeleteI love prosecco (and it is only $6.99 for a bottle at Trader Joes's)! I often have some left over and never know whether to drink it or throw it away because I always thought I couldn't save it. Next time I will try this trick!
ReplyDeleteWe love to throw a little piece of fruit into our champagne or prosecco (whether or not it's leftover) - don't know about the bubbles, but it looks and tastes awfully festive!!
ReplyDeleteMy faves are a strawberry, grape, or tangerine wedge!
what a neat idea! :)
ReplyDeleteThat is so wild, thanks for the tip! Champagne is hard one to get leftovers out of (I'd have it coming out of my faucets if i could) but it does happen ;)
ReplyDeletegood to know for the season of toasts up ahead!
ReplyDeleteI thought that was a date at first, and I was thinking, "how do you get a date into a champagne bottle?"
ReplyDeleteGreat tip! I was just thinking that you could also call it the "Poor Lady's Sangria". Ha!
ReplyDeleteWow! Great tip! Now I don't have to dump my leftover champagne! ( :
ReplyDeleteThanks! Great tip, Joanna.
ReplyDeleteTeresa
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Putting a teaspoon in the neck also stops it going flat!
ReplyDeletewell, if this works i'll not have a reason to drink the whole bottle....so, i'm going to pretend the raisin give's it a funny flavor :) oooohhhhh how i love those little bubbles :)
ReplyDeleteOoooh! Never knew this. I wonder if it works for bubble baths too. Hehe :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing trick! Plus it will probably come unfortunately helpful this upcoming holiday season!
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If there's a possibility that I'll ever have leftover champagne (highly unlikely!) I will have to remember this! But, I also like to tell myself that I just had to finish the bottle in one sitting because who wants flat champagne? ;)
ReplyDeleteI HATE raisins just awful.
ReplyDeleteBut when storing opened Champagne stick a spoon in the opening this also works for some reason - I've never bothered to ask why - I'm not about the details!!
I really needed this tip! I can't tell you how many times I've drunk leftover, flat, room temperature prosecco. Which sounds sad, but hey, someone has to drink it:)
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great tip! i didn't know that!
ReplyDeleteJust a heads up, the bubbles will cling to the raisin and it'll float to the top. The bubbles will pop and the raisin will sink. And again, and again.
ReplyDeletePreschoolers think this is AMAZING. :)
When I was a kid, my dad used to put a raisin into a glass of champagne and let us watch it float and sink. So much fun :)
ReplyDeleteone of the best tips i ever learned as a wine buyer was to put a spoon in an open bottle of champagne that you couldn't quite finish. for some science-y reason (technical term) this preserves the bubbles. i left an open bottle in my fridge for a week when i went out of town once and it was still sparkly fresh when i got home. check it!
ReplyDeletebrilliant!
ReplyDeletebest thing ever! thanks. xo
ReplyDeleteVery good tip, thanks!
ReplyDeletesuper cool - thanks!
ReplyDeletewow, kh, that is AWESOME! thank you!!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great idea!
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ReplyDeleteoops, i commented on the wrong post. but yes, the raisin trick is cool, too ... but we always finish the bottle ... as my Grandpa would say, " why ruin a good bottle by re-corking it?"!
ReplyDeleteOh, what a great tip! Thanks for sharing! ;)
ReplyDeleteMiki.
Who ever has leftover bubbly? I keed, I keed. :)
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What an invaluable tip! I'll be passing that one on!
ReplyDeleteTrue, my physics teacher toughed me that trick when I was in high school, oh and for the record, 18 is legal-age for drinking where I live :)
ReplyDeletemy freshman year biology teacher convinced my class that he had discovered a new single cell organism and carried the charade on for the first 2 weeks of high school. Eventually he took a dare to drink the 'sewage' they were kept in - just raisins and ginger ale! not sure what it taught us about biology but that was 8 years ago and it all came flooding back when i saw this post! good to know the raisins-in-bubbly trick is actually good for something :)
ReplyDeleteI think I saw this trick in high school too, but it wasn't champagne, of course! So I guess this must work on flat soda as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm a champagne whore & will most definitely try this! thanks!
ReplyDeleteGreat tip!
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so cool & great to know. some nights i prefer sipping on champagne over wine. its not only for celebratory events :)
ReplyDeleteMiyan
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Oh my goodness what an interesting/fabulous idea! Must try this =)
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That is a super nifty trick! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteMaria xx
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I want to enjoy this holiday season with Prosecco and champagne. Thanks! keep it up!
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