How to Spray Champagne for Wedding and Engagement Photos
Spraying Champagne makes for the most amazing wedding and engagement photos. Here’s how to spray like a formula one driver!
For me, the champagne spray is connected to racing and seeing the winner at the top of the podium with a magnum bottle spraying his rivals and team mates. Spraying champagne is actually super easy but there is one critical mistake a lot of folks make. Follow these simple steps for the ultimate champagne spray photos!
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Step 1: Put your spray face on!
In addition to getting the perfect spray, you also have to look the part! Get in position and put on your best spray face. You can totally put on your super villain face and laugh or imagine you’re dropping down in a rollercoaster for the ultimate look of excitement.
Step 2: Pop the bottle
This is where most people get it wrong (but not you my friend!) Most folks shake the bottle before opening and lose a lot of the champagne out before they can even spray it. Here’s how to open the bottle.
Remove the wire cap and foil packaging.
Aim the bottle away from people and yourself, the cork will fly out at about 50 mph!
Twist the cork out with your thumb and index finger, apply more pressure if it doesn’t go easily.
Step 3: Put your thumb over and shake!
Grab the bottle at the bottom and the top and put your thumb over the opening and press firmly, you should fully close the bottle. Shake as hard as you can, this will create a lot of pressure inside the bottle. Now is the time to release that pressure as spray — move your thumb just slightly to allow a small opening and for the champagne to spray. When most of the pressure is released, you can close it again, shake and go for one more spray!
What is the best and cheapest champagne for spraying?
The title said it! You should be looking for the cheapest wine you can get as most of the bottle will be wasted on the spray. Prosecco like La Vostra is pretty ideal for spraying (and drinking) along with Cook’s California Champagne and Amour de Paris. You can easily get a bottle of cheap bubbly for less than $15.
Additional tips
Aim the champagne on grass and keep a wet towel handy. Champagne is super sticky and if you’re at a wedding venue, the owners might not appreciate a sticky puddle of sparkly on their pavement. If you’re planning to also drink the champagne, let’s say you’re planning a proposal and have friends coming. Then definitely buy a bottle or two extra, one for your partner to spray and one to drink.
One last note. The champagne spray was actually started in racing. The American race car driver Dan Guerney accidentally created this tradition in 1967 at the Le Mans 24-hour race!