Comments on: Will champagne that is stored for a long time in heat explode? http://www.123--wine.com/champagne/will-champagne-that-is-stored-for-a-long-time-in-heat-explode Cabernets, chardonnays, pinot noirs, shiraz, zinfandel, even merlot! Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:47:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mayor Adam West http://www.123--wine.com/champagne/will-champagne-that-is-stored-for-a-long-time-in-heat-explode/comment-page-1#comment-1451 Mayor Adam West Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:46:59 +0000 http://www.123--wine.com/champagne/will-champagne-that-is-stored-for-a-long-time-in-heat-explode#comment-1451 YES! HELL YES! IT WILL EXPLODE! and it is one hell of a mess to clean up... trust me. If you absolutely must leave it in the care. Leave it in the truck out of direct sunlight. Insulate it against the heat by wrapping it in a towel. Every good traveler (hitchhiker) has a towel. If this fails the towel will at least keep the glass contained and limit the spray of the champagne. EDIT: Educated explanation... When liquid is heated it expands and eventually becomes a gas. As the liquid/gas expand the pressure inside the bottle builds, but the pressure outside the bottle remains the same... unless you are changing your relative position to sea level... eventually the pressure inside the bottle will pass the stress threshold of the bottle and hopefully blow the cork out the top... worst case scenario the bottom is blown off and you get glass and champagne everywhere.<br><b>References : </b><br>Off-centered person... Seeking off-centered ales. YES! HELL YES! IT WILL EXPLODE! and it is one hell of a mess to clean up… trust me.

If you absolutely must leave it in the care. Leave it in the truck out of direct sunlight. Insulate it against the heat by wrapping it in a towel. Every good traveler (hitchhiker) has a towel. If this fails the towel will at least keep the glass contained and limit the spray of the champagne.

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Educated explanation… When liquid is heated it expands and eventually becomes a gas. As the liquid/gas expand the pressure inside the bottle builds, but the pressure outside the bottle remains the same… unless you are changing your relative position to sea level… eventually the pressure inside the bottle will pass the stress threshold of the bottle and hopefully blow the cork out the top… worst case scenario the bottom is blown off and you get glass and champagne everywhere.
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]]> By: stephane m is back http://www.123--wine.com/champagne/will-champagne-that-is-stored-for-a-long-time-in-heat-explode/comment-page-1#comment-1450 stephane m is back Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:14:59 +0000 http://www.123--wine.com/champagne/will-champagne-that-is-stored-for-a-long-time-in-heat-explode#comment-1450 Explosion is not the only problem - I think, from my own failures, that wine should at any price never be transported in summer - because it will be spoiled does it mean that you cannot do anything ? No - find a camping ice box, big enough to accept you bottles an make the transport with frost compartments - this can resist 24 hours. More widely - cover your wines ( and champagne ) with blankets - AND DON'T DO WHAT I DID ONCE : to put the bottles exactly above the steam-pipe - which is a very warm area INSIDE the car -<br><b>References : </b><br> Explosion is not the only problem – I think, from my own failures, that wine should at any price never be transported in summer – because it will be spoiled

does it mean that you cannot do anything ? No – find a camping ice box, big enough to accept you bottles an make the transport with frost compartments – this can resist 24 hours.

More widely – cover your wines ( and champagne ) with blankets – AND DON’T DO WHAT I DID ONCE : to put the bottles exactly above the steam-pipe – which is a very warm area INSIDE the car -
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]]> By: Blue Rose http://www.123--wine.com/champagne/will-champagne-that-is-stored-for-a-long-time-in-heat-explode/comment-page-1#comment-1449 Blue Rose Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:31:59 +0000 http://www.123--wine.com/champagne/will-champagne-that-is-stored-for-a-long-time-in-heat-explode#comment-1449 Wrap it in a thick towel and avoid too much shaking. It will not explode unless you put a flame to it (the bottle) or applied pressure. Maybe get a styrofoam cooler to keep it in, but don't forget to keep it wrapped.<br><b>References : </b><br> Wrap it in a thick towel and avoid too much shaking. It will not explode unless you put a flame to it (the bottle) or applied pressure. Maybe get a styrofoam cooler to keep it in, but don’t forget to keep it wrapped.
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]]> By: dennisbigking96 http://www.123--wine.com/champagne/will-champagne-that-is-stored-for-a-long-time-in-heat-explode/comment-page-1#comment-1448 dennisbigking96 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:05:59 +0000 http://www.123--wine.com/champagne/will-champagne-that-is-stored-for-a-long-time-in-heat-explode#comment-1448 yaaaaaaaaaaa duhhhhhhhh<br><b>References : </b><br> yaaaaaaaaaaa duhhhhhhhh
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