Like many beverages, champagne is best enjoyed at a cool temperature. You should be looking to pour it from the bottle at 43 to 48 degrees Fahrenheit or 7 degrees Celsius. If your bottle isn't yet that cool, you can chill it by either placing it in the refrigerator for a few hours (though not much longer unless you want it to taste like that left-over meatloaf) or by placing it in a bucket filled with a mixture of ice and water. If you need to chill it in a hurry, throw a handful of salt into that slush, which will reduce its temperature below zero and speed the chilling. In no event should you ever leave champagne to chill in your freezer -- it will screw up the balance of the alcohol and botch all that lovely expensive liquid.
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