Exploded Bottle

[LaurieL]

My friend opened up a bottle of a blueberry orchard breezin kit. Let it sit on her tabled opened for about 5 minutes and them just set the cork back in about 1/8". It then popped out of the bottle, hit her ceiling, and the wine started running out of the bottle. Any ideas how this may have happened after it was already opened? I have never had this happen before. She did use a nitrogen cartridge to open.

 

[Wade E]

Nitrogen cartridge to open?????

 

[grapeman]

That sounds like the problem to me. Sounds like the nitrogen supersaturated the wine and that is why it popped out and fizzed. Never heard of such a way to open a bottle. It is meant to preserve an open bottle of wine, not fill it full to open it.

 

[Goodfella]

I have seen those openers on the market recently. I do not understant, or agree with them.

 

[ibglowin]

It operates like those hand held pump openers. You basically pressurize the headspace with a needle inserted into the cork until the cork pops out.

I sure wouldn't use it on a good/expensive bottle of wine!

 

[Randoneur]

I don't know why anyone would need to go to so much trouble to open a bottle of wine

 

[grapeman]

Yep, just use an old shoe.

 

[Randoneur]

Or break the neck on the edge of the counter