Silver Spoon

[DOUGLAS D]

I have been told by several people that are in the wine industry that if you put a spoon in a bottle of sparkling wine it will preserve the bubbles. I was a Navy Diver for eight years and learned about gas absorbtion. The reason that the bubbles stay in the sparkling wine is the pressure that the wine is under. When the cork is popped the pressure is released and the bubbles are gasses comming out of "solution". That is also why better sparkling wines, which have been, "on the yeast" longer will have smaller, finer bubbles. I cannot find any logical reason a spoon would be able to stop this process. Any information would be helpful. Thanks!

Douglas D