1. Open it quietly

    Hold the cork, turn the bottle

    Keep a thumb on the cork, point it away from people and turn the bottle slowly.

  2. Fast chill

    Ice + water + a handful of salt

    A bucket of salted ice water chills a bottle in about 20 minutes.

  3. Keep the fizz

    Stopper on, back in the fridge

    A sparkling wine stopper keeps an open bottle lively for a day or two.

Brunch mimosas

Recipe · Made with sparkling wine

Brunch mimosas

Serves 65 minutesEasy

Method

  1. 1Chill the sparkling wine and orange juice for at least 3 hours, and the flutes too if you have room.
  2. 2Open the wine slowly: hold the cork, point the bottle away from people and turn the bottle, not the cork.
  3. 3Fill each flute about two-thirds with sparkling wine, tilting the glass so it doesn't foam over.
  4. 4Top up with orange juice and add an orange slice to the rim. For a lighter mimosa, use more juice. Adults 21+.

  • Brut means dry

    From driest to sweetest: brut nature, extra brut, brut, extra dry, dry, demi-sec. Yes, extra dry is sweeter than brut.

  • Where it's from

    Champagne is from France, prosecco from Italy, cava from Spain. Elsewhere it's called sparkling wine.

  • Really cold

    Serve it at 40 to 45°F. Three hours in the fridge, or 30 minutes in a bucket of ice and water.