Comments on: How Sparkling Wine is Made – WMA024 http://winemakersacademy.com/sparkling-wine-wma024/ Your Winemaking Educational Source Mon, 25 Jun 2018 06:32:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Matt Williams http://winemakersacademy.com/sparkling-wine-wma024/#comment-417 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 19:48:00 +0000 http://winemakersacademy.org/?p=2438#comment-417 In reply to Stephen Boland.

Stephen, this sounds like a great experiment. In fact I know of a winery here in Colorado that recently did the same thing just for fun and really enjoyed the results.

Just about any varietal can be made into a sparkler. Of course there is Chardonnay but most can and are made into sparklers. This Wikipedia article gives details on what varietals are typically used in France: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkling_wine

Also, I know that they make a sparkling Shiraz in Australia that is supposed to be great. So it doesn’t have to be just white wines or sweet wines. Dry reds can be good too.

Please do share your results as this sound like fun.

Cheers! -Matt

]]> By: Stephen Boland http://winemakersacademy.com/sparkling-wine-wma024/#comment-416 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 13:46:00 +0000 http://winemakersacademy.org/?p=2438#comment-416 I will soon be making a Chenin Blanc from a kit. When this is ready to bottle, I intend on racking 2 liters of this into a used diet coke bottle and carbonating from a CO2 tank by attaching a Carbonator cap to the top. While this certainly won’t be anything close to traditional, I feel it will suit my needs great and will be a fun learning experience.

What grape varieties would you most recommend for making sparkling wine?

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