Sparkling Wine

Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide (bubbles). The bubbly quality is created either through an artificial process or, more commonly, when the wine undergoes a secondary fermentation.

You’re probably familiar with a specific sparkling wine called Champagne. To carry this name, a sparkling wine has to be made in Champagne, France, and it has to be produced using the méthode champenoise.

If a sparkling wine is produced using the exact same method anywhere else, it must have a different name. (You may, however, see California Champagne, which is legal in specific cases.)

Here are some more fun sparkling wine names alongside their corresponding country:

Cava / Spain
Prosecco / Italy
Crémant / France