Champagne stoppers for Krug and Dom?

[ToddFrench]

@mark rudner

nice! actually looks worth $50

Weighs quite a bit, too, so it feels worth that, as well

[AndrewH]

@Todd F r e n c h

@mark rudner

nice! actually looks worth $50

Weighs quite a bit, too, so it feels worth that, as well

But does it work on bottles that don’t cost $100+?

[Shannon_Perdue]

Really?? No one has EVER had to put a stopper in a Krug or DP??? Why doesn’t mine(both) work on these bottles?

Nope - never.

[Michael_Ferris]

@B. Buzzini

Dom. Krug. leftovers

I think you’re doing this wine thing all wrong.

[Otto_Forsberg]

As so many have already voiced their shock on the Krug / DomP leftovers, I’m happy to leave mine out of this.

However, I’d like to tell how a few years ago I was offered a glass of Champagne to taste it blind. I commented favorably on the great quality of the wine and after a few very wrong guesses I got it so close that the bottle was revealed to me (can’t remember which one it was, but that’s irrelevant information. Some good grower Champagne).

The thing here was that the wine was from a tasting this fellow who poured me the glass had arranged some 5-6 days ago. After that event this wine (of which approximately half a bottle still remained) had been sitting all open in the cellar, undisturbed. No cork, no stopper, not even that silly spoon inserted in the bottle neck thing. Just sitting there. When I tasted it, the wine was fully alive with bright bubbles and all. It hadn’t gone flat, it hadn’t oxidized, nothing.

So unless you need to close the bottle because you are moving it to someplace else, you might not need a stopper with a sparkling wine after all.

[B_Buzzini]

THANKS Paul B.!!! Works great! Although…I will be finishing this bottle no problem!

[Charlie_Carnes]

@Eric Egan

Call me a philistine but I just re-seal with a regular (non-champagne) cork. Works equally well for mags as well.

Works perfectly. Sometimes I shave a little away with a sharp knife to ensure a good fit. But it IS seldom that I have any leftover Champagne. I usually recork for transportation, or if we are out on the lake.

[johnbonds]

My mouth works great but I wouldn’t really call it a stopper…

[AdamLeigh]

My krug stopper from clos19 broke last night and looks like clos19 is no longer delivering to US. Anyone know a source for this or the Dom P one in USA?

[M.Kaplan]

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[HoosJustinG]

I have a Billecart branded one that only has one swinging “arm” as opposed to two hugging arms … works great on every bottle/magnum I’ve ever tried it on including Dom & Krug

[Tyler_F]

I own a Krug stopper and a handful of Le Crueset stoppers, among others. But I most often use these Italian stoppers with a flange, which fit all bottles (Krug and Le Crueset do not). $23.75 from Amazon, but only $5.95/ea from Crate & Barrel https://www.crateandbarrel.com/champagne-stopper/s222027

I use this one, too. Works on prosecco bottles as well. We rarely have champagne leftover, unless the nightcap turns out to be a bad idea.

[Zachary_Mancini]

The repours stoppers work wonders on bubbles as well!

[Barry_L_i_p_t_o_n]

I’ve got a couple regular stainless steel champagne stoppers I use quite frequently…they work like designed on pretty much every sparkler we drink…except Dom and Krug??? They won’t clamp shut on those particular bottles, so in the rare event that we have leftovers, like 06 Dom last night, I have to wrap a rubber band around the stopper to get it to stay shut! Is this the case with everyone else? Or do I not have the right stoppers???

Thanks

Don’t let them make you feel bad about not going overboard drinking. One thing to drink more, another to shame people about being moderate.

[David_Moore]

A few years back, when they were selling the '08s, they came through town and handed these out. However, I never seem to have leftovers.

[Scott_Brunson]

[Barry_L_i_p_t_o_n]

I own a Krug stopper and a handful of Le Crueset stoppers, among others. But I most often use these Italian stoppers with a flange, which fit all bottles (Krug and Le Crueset do not). $23.75 from Amazon, but only $5.95/ea from Crate & Barrel https://www.crateandbarrel.com/champagne-stopper/s222027

We have a winner!

[Steve_Gautier]

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I came to thank Mark for his rec on a champagne stopper but his post now just contains a period. Is he no longer on WB? The Crate & Barrel rec was great. An absolutely wonderful product.

[Tom_G_l_a_s_g_o_w]

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I came to thank Mark for his rec on a champagne stopper but his post now just contains a period. Is he no longer on WB? The Crate & Barrel rec was great. An absolutely wonderful product.

Your fears are misplaced.

[M.Kaplan]

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I came to thank Mark for his rec on a champagne stopper but his post now just contains a period. Is he no longer on WB? The Crate & Barrel rec was great. An absolutely wonderful product.

Your fears are misplaced.

Or your worst nightmare is confirmed…

I just ordered 6 more because my friends and family have sticky fingers.