{"id":5354,"date":"2020-08-13T00:05:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T23:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/?p=5354"},"modified":"2020-08-04T11:27:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T10:27:39","slug":"warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/","title":{"rendered":"Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our &#8220;socially-distanced&#8221; Summer Picnic and Prosecco is taking place on Saturday 22nd August 12-2pm at Beacon Park, Lichfield. You&#8217;d be very welcome to join us of course, but before you do, you&#8217;d better know what to do in the event of an &#8220;emergency&#8221; such as warm, flat Prosecco!!!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2020\/08\/picnic-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5358 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2020\/08\/picnic-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Picnic with champagne\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2020\/08\/picnic-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2020\/08\/picnic-1.jpg 509w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Mention bubbles and commonly the words Champagne or Prosecco will come up&#8230;Sparkling wine is increasingly popular and no longer only for the most special of times, Prosecco has become a commonly popped bottle ready for the weekend &#8211; a little bit of fizz to start the weekend with a sparkle.<\/p>\n<p>Best served chilled &#8211; naturally &#8230; But what happens if you need a glass of fizz ASAP, but your bottle is warm? What\u2019s the quickest way to the perfect temperature in no time?<\/p>\n<p>To keep things simple, dunk a dish cloth in water and wrap it, still wet, around the bottle of wine you\u2019re trying to cool. Stick the bundle in the freezer and wait as the cloth freezes to the bottle, speeding up the chilling process.<\/p>\n<p>If you have an ice bucket to hand, there\u2019s an even faster way to get your wine to drinking temperature. Fill half of the bucket with ice, add cold water and then \u2013 and here\u2019s the real trick \u2013 <em><strong>a tablespoon of salt<\/strong><\/em>. The salt reduces the freezing point of the water, which means it can get colder without turning into ice.<\/p>\n<p>Also remember to give your bottle a spin every few minutes. This method puts more of the wine into contact with the cold water, helping the whole bottle come down a few degrees just a little bit faster.<\/p>\n<p>But what to do if your fizz is flat? It happens, you open a bottle of bubbly, pour a glass, and then life takes over and your bottle isn\u2019t finished and you forget about it. When you rediscover it, hours or even days later, it looks flat.<\/p>\n<p>Ladies&#8230;It\u2019s time to get yourself a raisin&#8230;yes, that\u2019s correct, a <em><strong>raisin<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Pour yourself a glass of your flat fizz, take a single dried raisin and drop it in. The remaining carbon dioxide in the wine should cling to the raisin\u2019s skin and then, as if by magic, release itself into the wine.<\/p>\n<p>Just like that, the fizz returns and your bubbly is bubblylicious once again.<\/p>\n<p>The science &#8230; Carbon Dioxide is what gives sparkling wine its wonderful bubbles. Once the raisin is dropped in, any carbon dioxide will adhere to the raisin&#8217;s ridges, then release itself back into the wine as bubbles. And that\u2019s when the fizz returns&#8230;your bubbles (and happiness) are restored!<\/p>\n<p><em>It&#8217;s fair to say that while the flannel and salt trick definitely works, we can&#8217;t vouch for the raisin as we&#8217;ve never had any flat fizz left in a bottle to test it on!!! <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Despite that ladies I\u2019m packing a flannel and a box of raisins into my emergency party and picnic kit &#8230;just in case &#8211; Cheers!<\/p>\n<p>Our Summer Picnic and Prosecco Event is taking place on Saturday 22nd August 12-2pm at Beacon Park, Lichfield. Social distancing rules will apply and you are most welcome to join us. See our <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/social-and-fundraising-events\/\">Events page<\/a> or <strong>call Louie on 01543 409489<\/strong> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our &#8220;socially-distanced&#8221; Summer Picnic and Prosecco is taking place on Saturday 22nd August 12-2pm at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":735,"featured_media":5359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[74,73,75],"class_list":["post-5354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-events","tag-national-prosecco-day","tag-time-for-some-fun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins! | News | Blog | Events | SI Lichfield and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Lichfield and District : Blog &amp; News : Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Lichfield and District . Read more about Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins! .\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins! | News | Blog | Events | SI Lichfield and District\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SI Lichfield and District : Blog &amp; News : Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Lichfield and District . Read more about Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins! .\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SI Lichfield and District\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-12T23:05:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2020\/08\/book-2550169_1920-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"nicholab\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"nicholab\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/\",\"name\":\"Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins! | News | Blog | Events | SI Lichfield and District\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2020\/08\/book-2550169_1920-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-12T23:05:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/#\/schema\/person\/0ea9e741502a7890b91fc20d0c99c1c4\"},\"description\":\"SI Lichfield and District : Blog & News : Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Lichfield and District . Read more about Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins! .\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2020\/08\/book-2550169_1920-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2020\/08\/book-2550169_1920-1.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683,\"caption\":\"Picnic Basket with flowers\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/\",\"name\":\"SI Lichfield and District\",\"description\":\"A Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Club website\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/#\/schema\/person\/0ea9e741502a7890b91fc20d0c99c1c4\",\"name\":\"nicholab\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c5a316b23a6e4c1ec401a21a8ea63af15a6da8b7d8eedbd6b71af9f162de9b25?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c5a316b23a6e4c1ec401a21a8ea63af15a6da8b7d8eedbd6b71af9f162de9b25?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"nicholab\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/author\/nicholab\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins! | News | Blog | Events | SI Lichfield and District","description":"SI Lichfield and District : Blog & News : Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Lichfield and District . Read more about Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins! .","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins! | News | Blog | Events | SI Lichfield and District","og_description":"SI Lichfield and District : Blog & News : Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Lichfield and District . Read more about Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins! .","og_url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/","og_site_name":"SI Lichfield and District","article_published_time":"2020-08-12T23:05:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2020\/08\/book-2550169_1920-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"nicholab","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"nicholab","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/","name":"Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins! | News | Blog | Events | SI Lichfield and District","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2020\/08\/book-2550169_1920-1.jpg","datePublished":"2020-08-12T23:05:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/#\/schema\/person\/0ea9e741502a7890b91fc20d0c99c1c4"},"description":"SI Lichfield and District : Blog & News : Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Lichfield and District . Read more about Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins! .","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2020\/08\/book-2550169_1920-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2020\/08\/book-2550169_1920-1.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"caption":"Picnic Basket with flowers"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/08\/13\/warm-flat-prosecco-grab-your-flannel-and-a-box-of-raisins\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Warm, flat Prosecco? Grab your flannel and a box of raisins!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/","name":"SI Lichfield and District","description":"A Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Club website","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/#\/schema\/person\/0ea9e741502a7890b91fc20d0c99c1c4","name":"nicholab","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c5a316b23a6e4c1ec401a21a8ea63af15a6da8b7d8eedbd6b71af9f162de9b25?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c5a316b23a6e4c1ec401a21a8ea63af15a6da8b7d8eedbd6b71af9f162de9b25?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"nicholab"},"url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/author\/nicholab\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/735"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5354"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5362,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5354\/revisions\/5362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}