• Is sparkling wine actually wine?

    Posted By admin on October 13, 2009

    OffLiCute posted:


    Is it really came sparkling wine?

    Varietal Wine

    8 Comments so far

    1. quietgiant on October 17th, 2009

      yes …it it usually a combination of chardonnay and pinot noir

    2. wineduchess on October 18th, 2009

      Yes it is wine and, it is ‘champagne’ in france, the only place it can be called such, so in the US it’s called ’sparkling wine’. If you like champagne you’ll like sparkling wine.

    3. Dennis W on October 20th, 2009

      Yes it is. It is the type of yeast that is used during fermentation that creates the carbonation within the wine. The carbonation occurs during secondary fermentation process.

    4. Jay on October 21st, 2009

      Sparlking wine is Champagne that is not made in the Champagne district of France. That is the only difference.

      Now, Sparkling juices, meant to imitate Champagne for people who do not want alcohol are just carbonated juice.

    5. guy o on October 22nd, 2009

      Yes, it’s just carbonated naturally.
      If it were from the Champagne district of France it would be champagne, otherwise it’s sparkling wine..

    6. clark6561 on October 25th, 2009

      Champane actually but its still just wine that will put your eye out if not carefull( been there done that twice in one night )

    7. rjaym73 on October 27th, 2009

      Yes, it is wine. It is the same as champagne, except it isn’t made in the same reigon of france. It sparkles because of the CO2 that is produced during the secondary fermentation in the bottle. When they bottle the wine, they prime it with a small amount of sugar and cork. Same process they use to carbonate beer.

    8. Allie on October 29th, 2009

      Pretty much, but I think it’s more so champagne but they can’t call it that unless it’s from Champagne, France….so therefore they call it sparkling wine

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