# Securing champagne: pressure in the bottle, stillness on the shelf

> Secure champagne: store cool, dark, and still, avoid shock, note vintage and fill level.
> Quelle: https://tresorrari.de/artikel/champagner-sammlung-sichern · Stand: 2026-10-01 · Tresorrari Redaktion

Champagne is wine with pressure. Heat and shaking are its enemies, a fall is concrete damage and a concrete cleanup. In the overview [Security for collectors](/artikel/sicherheit-fuer-sammler) it sits with wine, with more respect for shock.

## What gets ruined without a thief

Heat, light, a shelf on the stairs that trembles at every step. You store cool, dark, still. Whether it lies or stands follows what applies to this bottle and its closure. You write it in the list instead of guessing it anew each time. You keep the fill level in the photo.

## When someone comes

The same door as for the rest of the cellar. The documented vintages do not stand in the kitchen fridge, the one the first glance finds. They stand in the locked, cool room. The large documented wine losses sit in storage and hospitality, described in the [wine collection](/artikel/weinsammlung-sichern).

## The folder

House, year, site, bottle count, receipt. A bottle you open for an occasion, you cross off the same day.

## Häufige Fragen

### Champagne next to the red?

Only if temperature and stillness are right for both. You take pressure and shock more seriously than with still wine.

### In the fridge for guests?

That is the house bar. The collection stands elsewhere.

### Update the list after the party?

The same day. Otherwise you insure an empty slot.