Champagne Bubbles Explained, Perhaps

Here in Australia we have a beloved scientist called Dr. Karl (real name Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki … biography) who does spots on ABC Radio.

A couple of days ago he talked about champagne bubbles and how if humans didn’t use paper in their lives champagne bubbles would not be so intoxicating (pardon the pun) as they are, and it was to do with cellulose, and to do with stuff floating around in the air because of human use of paper … got me (interested)!

So (search engine)d it … let’s forget the pretense … Googled it … and got …

Link to American Scientist Bubbles and Flow Patterns in Champagne which is a good read.
Other links via Google search for Champagne Bubbles.