Background: The neck interior of all wine bottles is narrower at the very top than lower down in the bottle. The bottle interior is an inverted cone. So, due to cork expansion after bottling, the bottom of the cork is wider than the part at the top of the neck. This is how the cork […]
Glass Experts Examine Interior Wall of Champagne Bottles
The gas in champagne and most other sparkling wines results from the addition of a small amount of sugar after fermentation has ended. After the sugar addition, bottle is capped. The sugar reacts with remnant yeast and converts to alcohol and carbon dioxide. Because the bottle is sealed, the CO2 gas enters the wine as […]
Failure Analysis Expert Examines a Broken Champagne Bottle
A California failure analysis expert witness was asked to perform a glass failure analysis on a champagne bottle that had failed “spotnaeously”. Because champagne is under pressure and in glass, there are warnings not to use a cork screw to remove the cork. However, there are cases where the cork is stuck and people will […]
Champagne Bottle Glass Failure Analysis
Glass failure expert performed a complete glass failure analysis on numerous champagne bottles that had failed in the riddling process. These bottles are used for riddling and they are made from a large amount of re-cycled glass. Several of these bottle failures initiated at a site that had a piece of unmelted cullet (Note: Cullet […]
Glass Failure Analysis Expert Examines Failed Champagne Bottle
Glass failure analysis expert performed a root cause failure analysis on a exploding champagne bottle. The user claimed that the bottle exploded when she was using her thumbs to remove the cork. Examination of the bottle revealed a horizontal crush point. This damage was severe and would not have survived the corking operation at the […]