You really can't use the same cork. You would have to purchase a champagne cork stopper. It's a cork stopper that has a clamp on it.
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The "capital" city (préfecture) of the Champagne Ardennes région is Châlons-en-Champagne.
Reims was the capital of the Champagne province in the olden days. But in modern France, the capital of the Champagne region is the city of Chalons en Champagne
True 'Champagne' is made exclusively in the Champagne region of France. The rest, like 'California Champagne' is not truly Champagne, but a similar sparkling wine. France recently expanded the region within Champagne where Champagne can be produced. Before the expansion, sparkling wine produced a few yards across the line of demarcation could not be sold as "Champagne." Now it can. When the lines were re-drawn in the early 20th century, the result was known as the Champagne Riots or the Champagne War. Such arbitrary changes can result in enormous price changes in wine that is completely indistinguishable.
The original green (flat) wine that was used to create champagne was exported from a city called 'Champagne' in France.
Champagne is a sparkling wine made in the Champagne region of France. When spelled with a lower case "c," it is the generic term for any sparkling wine.