New Year’s Eve is coming up, but you don’t know the champagne etiquette to serve it perfectly and make a big impression? The year-end toast is the most important time of the year. You need the right bottle or rather the right bubbles for the occasion, the right glass and the traditional ritual. According to the experts, there are 7 rules to follow if you want to make a good impression on your guests and sip bubbles in style on the most important night of the year. Are you curious to know more?
How to taste bubbles on New Year’s Eve
The first step is to choose the right bottle for toast at midnight. There are great champagnes at super affordable prices, no mortgage required. The perfect bubble has a color that changes from yellow golden yellow to straw yellow. Also noteworthy consistency of the bubbles.
Champagne etiquette for New Year’s Eve – wineandfoodtour.it
Unlike red and white wine, the sommelier does not advise swirl the glass to release the olfactory power, it is better to smell it gently to perceive all its aromas. Look for floral or fruity notes, citrus notes or the smell of bread crust. LARGE’taste experienceIt must involve all the senses and before the palate, the sense of smell dominates. It starts with a small sip that you have to hold in the mouth on the tongue to perceive the consistency of the bubbles and the contrast between sweet and sour. But how champagne is served to visitors to New Year’s Eve dinner for the traditional toast of good wishes?
How to serve bubbles according to champagne etiquette
The first tip is about temperature in which you serve champagne to your dinner guests there New Years Eve: it should not be too hot or too cold. Bubbles should appear fresh on the palate, but not frosty. The perfect temperature is between 8° and 10° to appreciate the aromas and finesse of the bubbles.
So we recommend keeping the bottle of champagne in the bottle for 30 minutes before serving it to your guests refrigerator, i.e. in the ice bucket. Alternatively, if you don’t have the icebox, keep it at the bottom of the fridge. If the bottle, after keeping it in the ice bucket, is wet, remember to do so dry it with a white napkin before serving.
New Year’s Eve Champagne Etiquette – wineandfoodtour.it
Never put the bottle upside down in the glacette when it is empty: it is an extremely impolite gesture and has fallen out of favor since the French houses of tolerance in the late nineteenth century.
Always remember to serve champagne at flute or in the cup. Be careful to open it delicately and especially when serving them remember to do it in two stages: first a small amount and then the rest. The glass is filled up to two thirds no more.