How Dangerous Are Champagne Corks, Really?
Champagne corks can quite literally take your eye out, but it doesn't happen
   New Year's Eve plans include shaking up a bottle of champagne, popping
   "Because these corks, when they're flying out of the champagne bottle,
   champagne and even has a step-by-step video guide to properly opening a
   champagne bottle that more closely resembles an etiquette lesson than a
   But here's the rub: eye injuries from champagne corks are really rare.
   single case of champagne cork-related eye injury in 21 years of
   into people taking champagnes cork to the eye—found only six people in
   the US who suffered severe eye injuries due to champagne corks, between
   rogue cork could do some damage. Your average bottle of champagne holds
   Then there's people who open their champagne with a rifle:
   take the risk with your eye health, the champagne snob within you can
   drawbacks: they waste bubbles, affecting the taste of the champagne,
    6. Serve and enjoy your champagne.
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