EMERGENCY! Need help! How do I open champagne w/out a corkscrew?!

[LaraMN]

I have a bottle and I need to drink it.
:freak: :bounce:

[LeftCoast]

1. Champagne corks pop out

If you need a corkscrew to open it you probably won't wanna drink it. :)

[LaraMN]

Well then! I'll be back!

(Can't tell I don't usually open bottles myself, can you?)

:rofl:

[LeftCoast]

5. Good luck! Hoist a glass for me!

:toast:

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. I just bite off the top of the bottle

:shrug:

[Haole Girl]

3. You don't normally need a corkscrew for champagne

It's under pressure...it just pops...doesn't it?

:shrug:

[Mz Pip]

4. Unwind the wire

Put a towel over the top of the bottle and gently twist the cork.

Use the towel. I took out a skylight once with a champagne cork because I just tried to pop it without protection!

Mz Pip
:dem:

[LibraLiz1973]

7. Yes the towel IS A MUST

[kanrok]

8. I like to hold the cork

and twist the bottle at the base. It seems to work better.

[Deja Q]

11. Yeah, I like doing that too...

:evilgrin:

[LaraMN]

6. Thanks! Problem solved!

The inital problem, anyway. I'm sure a new one will result, shortly!
:toast:

[Nicole]

9. Good for you

:toast:

[Suich]

10. What kind is it?

:hi:

[RoyGBiv]

12. Ummm...

If you open champagne *with* a corkscrew, you've either got really bad champagne, or you're going to have problems.

[Left Is Write]

13. Um...I don't recommend opening it WITH a corkscrew.

[kedrys]

14. Were you to have to open *wine* without a corkscrew...

...push the cork in. It'll do in an emergency.

[spillthebeans]

15. With a sword of course

http://www.access-wines.com/sabre_champagne/sword_champagne_en.php