I worked as a bartender at a wedding this past fall. Part of my duties was to help my bartending colleagues with a grand statement requested by the bride and groom: pop 40 bottles of Dom Perignon when they entered the tent.
I was terrified. Each bottle cost $200, and I had nightmares of accidentally letting a cork loose and giving some prominent VIP a black eye.
Thankfully, I learned some tricks from colleagues that made popping those expensive bottles of bubbly easy (unfortunately, it did not involve a long saber).
Dom Perignon or not, here’s how to open that bottle of bubbly you’re saving for New Year’s Eve, or any special occasion: