traditional method), but are produced using many technological advances and much more favourable growing conditions to bring down the price of production.
Wines such as Prosecco( Italy) and Sekt( Germany) are made in the charmat( or transfer) method, where the secondary fermentation occurs in a large tank before the wine is transferred to the final bottle.
Finally, you have Baby Duck( or Gimli Goose, or even Diet Coke), which uses the injection method. These wines are produced using carbon dioxide injection, which tends to have the least favourable impact on the quality of bubbles and wine.
Top: Lees settle in an inverted bottle of Champagne during the second fermentation( photo by Carol Fletcher); bottom: The vineyards of
Moët & Chandon( photo courtesy Moët & Chandon)
In effect, all Champagne is sparkling wine, but not all sparkling wine is Champagne. If you are a novice to bubbles, start off with something easy like Prosecco or Cava, and move your way up. There is a whole world of sparkling wine out there waiting for you to discover! �
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