# Silver spoon in the champagne?  What about spumante?

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 26, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-spoon-in-the-champagne-what-about-spumante/478733 "2008-12-26T15:28:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-spoon-in-the-champagne-what-about-spumante/478733/21 "2009-01-09T17:12:14Z")

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[QUOTE=clairobscur]  
I searched quickly, couldn’t found a link to this test, but I noticed a post on some forum where someone asserted the exact contrary : that the UFC had concluded that a spoon didn’t have any effect.  
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Cite? 😉

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-spoon-in-the-champagne-what-about-spumante/478733/22 "2009-01-09T22:40:02Z")

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> [@clairobscur](#):
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> I searched quickly, couldn’t found a link to this test, but I noticed a post on some forum where someone asserted the exact contrary : that the UFC had concluded that a spoon didn’t have any effect.
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> So, I’m going to stay sceptic.

I don’t know about the UFC, but the Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne did do a study which found that a silver spoon had no significant effect.

Citation (in French): [http://www.linternaute.com/science/divers/est-ce-que/05/bulles-champagne/bulles-champagne.shtml](http://www.linternaute.com/science/divers/est-ce-que/05/bulles-champagne/bulles-champagne.shtml)

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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-spoon-in-the-champagne-what-about-spumante/478733/23 "2009-01-11T19:42:05Z")

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> [@bibliophage](#):
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> I don’t know about the UFC, but the Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne did do a study which found that a silver spoon had no significant effect.
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> Citation (in French): [http://www.linternaute.com/science/divers/est-ce-que/05/bulles-champagne/bulles-champagne.shtml](http://www.linternaute.com/science/divers/est-ce-que/05/bulles-champagne/bulles-champagne.shtml)

Thanks for the link.

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