champagne

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you're kidding...right? i hope so...if not you are a complete IDIOT!!!

According to an "The Allure of Aged Champagne" by Lyn Farmer on Thewinenews.com:

"The (aging) period can be as short as twelve months for non-vintage Champagne or as long as six or seven years for high-quality, vintage Champagne. The duration varies for a given vintage and a given blend, but ultimately lees aging must yield a wine that befits a particular house's style."

The writer goes on to mention wine makers who have aged champagnes for as much as 30 years before opening them.

If you store champagne properly you can keep it for 14 years like Jamie Lee Curtis does in the movie. But that necessitates utilizing a wine cellar, so you can regulate the temperature and humidity. The movie doesn't show where the champagne was stored.

It's possible that they spit it out because junior high kids just don't like the taste of champagne.

if i remember correctly it was a Dom Perignon which had a yellow/orange label.

I searched "dom perignon 1980" in google and found a similar bottle dated 1982 so most probably the bottle they used was from from that era.... in fact 14 years before 1996(when the movie was released) is exactly about right!

mmm good stuff!