Beginer with questions

[aprilh070203]

Hello everyone. I've made one other post concerning sweet wines. However, I was sitting around with my husband talking about what wines had been recomended this far, when I remembered that I also thoroughly enjoy a pink champagne that we actually get from Wal Mart. It might be a little on the lower class end, but I really like it. My question was, because the stuff goes straight to my head, is there a way I can save an opened bottle, and just have a glass every now and again, or will I inevitably lose the fizz. If you can offer advice on this, I'd greatly appriciate it. Thank you all.

[curious]

I am definitely NOT an expert, and I am sure that the others can answer this much better than I can, but here is what we have experienced.

We (hubby and I) are not big drinkers, I find that I like the bubblies best so far. After pouring the wine into our glasses (flutes) hubby immediately puts the cork back in, the wire over it, and then covers it with foil as tight as possible. We put the bottle on the door of the fridge in a reclining position, where the wine hopefully covers all the cork.
The next day (sometimes two days later), we open what is left and so far it stills seems to keep its bubbles. No "flat" wine yet.

We generally just throw out what is left after that, it isn't enough worth keeping.
You can also find a smaller bottle of wine and keep it to pour the left-over into, thus leaving less room for air.

Hope that was some help to you.
Janette
(curious)

[Innkeeper]

Very good Janette!

[Kcwhippet]

I want to know how your husband gets the cork back in a bottle of sparkling wine. Truly a Herculean effort.

[Drew]

Put the cork on the counter...turn the bottle upside down and push real hard.

Drew

[dananne]

I tried that once, but my countertop got the lion's share, and I have not attempted that trick since. Champagne tends to lose it's bubbles quickly when you're slurping it off a kitchen counter [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

[aprilh070203]

Okay, so now you've sparked another question. Is there a difference that I'm unaware of between "champagne" and "sparkling wine"? Or is the generally accepted thought that champagne is nothing more than carbonated wine?

[Innkeeper]

Champagne only comes from Champagne. All other sparkling wine is sparkling wine.