How do you thaw frozen champagne bottle?

Answer 1

With ice. The first way to chill champagne is to place the bottle in a refrigerator for a couple hours, although you should not store your bottle in the fridge for much longer than that. The ideal temperature for serving champagne is between 43-48 degrees fahrenheit. If you need a quick way to chill your champagne, place it in a bucket or container with ice, water, and a handful of salt, which reduces the temperature and speeds the chilling process. By the way, never put your bottle in the freezer as a quick chilling method; it will mess up the champagne's alcohol balance.

Answer 2

If it hasn't exploded, which is surprising, defrost it vertically in the fridge, preferably in a container like a cooking pan that can hold the liquid if the bottle breaks during defrosting.

I would handle the bottle very cautiously, and immediately transfer the wine into another bottle, as there is still a high risk that the bottle might break.

Drink it within the day, or maybe even better, use it as cooking wine, for instance for an Alsatian sauerkraut and pork dish (search for choucroute recipes) as I assume it is white wine.

Answer 3

Do not freeze the bottle, this is bad and ruins the bottle.

Answer 4

Soda does not pose a food safety problem, so it could be thawed at room temperature. Watch for leaks, though. The freezing might have affected the seals of the container.

Answer 5

don't freeze a bottle of champagne.