Sparkling Wines Food Cooking International Guide

Sparkling Wines To Celebrate An Event

By Barry J Smallhorn

The world of sparkling wines, or champagne, as it is also incorrectly called, is pretty exciting. Most events that sparkling wine is used for are those of celebration. Celebrations such as parties, promotions and fancy dates many times will use sparkling wine to mark the event.

For this reason, champagne is seen as the party wine. The origin of sparkling wine is almost as fun and interesting as drinking the wine itself and the process of making this type of wine is exciting as well.

The Folk Legend Of The Monks In France

Sparkling wines were actually created by accident. There is a folk legend that monks of Champagne, France were the first people to create this kind of wine. It is said that they accidentally created it in their wine cellar by not drinking it for some time.

When they opened the bottles, it was bubbly! They thought the wine was spoiled until they drank it and decided that it was actually quite tasty. The way that sparkling wine is created is by cooling the wine temperature low enough to stop the fermentation process before all of the sugar is used up.

True Champagne Is Only Made In France

When the temperature is raised, a carbon dioxide reaction is formed, causing a reaction of bubbles. This is because the sugar begins to ferment again. Champagne has become a common name for bubbly wines, but true champagne is only made in France.

Champagne is actually the name of a district of vineyards that true champagne grapes come from. Other wineries that use the name champagne are stealing the name without having the real ingredients. These other wineries are actually creating plain sparkling wine.

The First Step In Making Sparkling Wine

The process of making sparkling wine has stayed pretty much the same throughout the years. The process has become modernized, but for the most part retains the spirit of the old ways. The first step in making champagne and sparkling wines is to pick the grapes over a period of time so that every grape is at its ripest.

Sometimes, different grapes from different vineyards are used to retain the best qualities of each variety. The grapes are then pressed and stored, usually in stainless steel barrels to ferment. This is done over a period of at least three weeks, until all the sugar is turned into alcohol.

The wine is then separated from the bits that sunk to the bottom of the barrels and is transferred to other barrels, sometimes wood, to ferment longer or is mixed in with older wines to retain a particular flavor.

The Second Fermentation

For the second fermentation, extra sugar and yeast is put in with the wine to make the bubbly texture. That is how sparkling wine is made! There are many different kinds of sparking wines and they are all made a little differently, but the basic process is the same.

Now you know the basics of how sparkling wines are made. There are way too many kinds of wines to be named in one article, so if you are interested, check out some wine websites or a wine club for more information.

One of the most important sparkling wine facts to remember is that true champagne only comes from France. Use that bit of factual info to impress your friends!

About the Author:
Barry J Smallhorn has written a number of articles on cocktails and food recipes including Seafood Recipes, Jerky Beef Meat Recipe, Make Jerky, Food Recipes, Fresh Seafood, Tuna Fish, Caviar, Potato Recipes, Caviar, Organic Gift Baskets.
Keep a lookout for more articles on this website.

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