After testing a few hacks to preserve sparkling wine’s fizz, I found one that works. The testing options. A friend gave me a Le Creuset champagne stopper along with a bottle of bubbly around ...

If you somehow misplaced the bottle's cork, or you don't have a stopper, your first instinct might be to pour it down the drain, ... which keeps your bottle of bubbly full of fizz for a few days.

But there's a downside to this very long maturation phase. While the crown caps and cork stoppers used to seal bottles of champagne are impermeable to liquids, gases like CO₂ can still slowly ...

“These stoppers create a hermetic seal, which is the only effective way to prevent CO₂ from escaping,” he explains. “For the serious fizz fanatic, vacuum pumps are another option, as they ...

But in 1874, a New Yorker with the fanciful name of Charles de Quillfeldt came up with what became known as the Quillfeldt ...

“These stoppers create a hermetic seal, which is the only effective way to prevent CO₂ from escaping,” he explains. “For the serious fizz fanatic, vacuum pumps are another option, as they ...