Champagne implement/device

[tomstevenson]

Aloha Germain
You will already have my email, but for the benefit of any readers of this thread, let me quote the relevant part here:

"The idea that a silver teaspoon miraculously keeps the pressure of a sparkling wine provided the end of it makes contact with the wine is based on pseudo-science: it does not work, as tests have shown. You are right, however, about the gadgets that have been designed on this (false) premis; they do have an ornamental top and are made of silver, with their extended length supposedly enabling you to keep fresh much smaller quantities of champagne. I occasionally see these gadgets advertised, but cannot lay my hands on one at the moment.