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Making champagne bottles pop.
To quote one of my old sommeliers, opening a bottle of sparkling wine should be "as quiet as a nun's fart in Mass".
For those who don't get the reference. Nun farts are very quiet because of all the butt sex loosening them up. It also keeps the priests away from the kids. It's a win win all around.
But...why? Popping the cork is fun and festive, and considering most people only have that experience a handful of times in their lives, why try to stifle that little joy?
It's fun and festive... if they "only have that experience a handful of times in their lives". If you do it on the reg, it's just wasting the product. That distinction is what the question is about.
You can buy a bottle of sparkling wine for $20.
Even less, a bottle of niceish Prosecco costs like 10 USD here(European country with fairly high alcohol taxes). If you just want any sparkling wine, there are stuff down to like 7 usd.