Don’t worry if you can’t finish a bottle of sparkling wine in one go or have leftovers after making a bubbly drink such as our Champagne Cocktail. We’ve got two ways to keep the wine bubbly and supremely drinkable.
Two Ways to Preserve the Bubbles in Leftover Bubbly
1. Best Way: Use a Champagne Saver
Our favorite, the Cilio Champagne Bottle Sealer, is just $9, and as long as we didn’t repeatedly reopen the bottle, it kept leftover champagne as fresh-tasting and boisterously bubbly as a newly opened bottle for a week.
2. DIY Way: Seal the Bottle with Plastic Wrap and a Rubber Band
We found that this simple method kept sparkling wine surprisingly effervescent for a couple of days.
The Best Wine Openers (Twist Corkscrews)
Wine can be intimidating. Your corkscrew shouldn’t make it more so.For more tips about sparkling wines and bubbly drinks, be sure to read this article.
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