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How are the corks put into champagne bottles?

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Before a cork is installed in a bottle, it is in cylindrical form (and not in the shape of a mushroom, as it appears when you look at a cork) with a diameter slightly lesser than the neck of the bottle. read more

Well, before a champagne cork is inserted into a bottle, it is in a cylindrical form (and not in the shape of a mushroom, as it appears when you look at a cork once it’s been removed) with a diameter that is slightly less than the neck of the bottle. read more

Corks are cut larger than the opening they are going into, and then compressed before being inserted into the neck of the bottle. Sparkling wines have slightly different corks (there are often a couple of cork discs glued to the bottom of the main cork body), which helps maintain the cork's integrity against all the pressure inside a bottle of bubbly. read more

Champagne corks seem to pose a problem though, because of that bulge at the top of the cork. The difference between normal wine and champagne is that champagne is effervescent, meaning that the wine is under pressure. So the cork needs a wire cage to keep if from spontaneously popping out of the bottle. read more

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