10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Champagne

Celebrations, special events and social gatherings are great places to share some bubbly with your family and friends. Champagne is created into the sparkling wine everyone knows and loves today by using a secondary fermentation process which creates carbonation. Here are some interesting facts that you Champagne lovers may not know.

1.   A Champagne cork is about 50 percent larger than the opening of the bottle.

2.  Champagne corks can reach a velocity of about 40 miles per hour when popped out of the bottle.

3.  There are 90 pounds per square inch of pressure in a bottle of Champagne.

4.  Sparkling wine can be called Champagne only if it comes from the Champagne region of France.

5.  Champagne should not be served extremely cold. The bottle should be removed from refrigeration about 20 minutes before serving.            

6.  Consuming Champagne too quickly can cause a headache. Sip slowly to keep those headaches away.

7.  The color of Champagne is white, but two of the three types of grapes used to create the sparkling wine are red in color.

8.  In 2009, the world’s oldest bottle of Champagne was opened, it dated back to 1825.

9.  A standard size bottle of Champagne has approximately 49 billion bubbles.

10.  The term “Brut” means the sparkling wine has 12 grams of sugar per liter, while the term “Extra Brut” has less than 69 grams per liter.

Champagne is consumed worldwide and considered a very popular option for celebrations of all kinds. Although the sparkling wine is well known for the delicious flavor and millions of fuzzy bubbles, it’s famous for the exciting experience of removing the cork. There are plenty of removal techniques that are used, but all of them include enjoying the popping sound the cork makes when it leaves the bottle. The cork gets released a great amount of force and can shoot across any room very quickly. If aimed towards a person, the power and distance of the cork can cause serious injury (so be careful when you’re poppin’ bottles!) Oh, and another fun fact, the longest flight recorded during a cork removal is over 177 feet!