Is Sparkling Wine the Same as Champagne?

Who doesn’t love bottles of bubbles? Alas, the confusing classifications and label names put pressure on you to sort things out for yourself. Unhelpful – or is it? Sparkling wine isn’t the same as Champagne. Sparkling wine is an umbrella term that describes all bubbly wines no matter where they’re made in the world. Champagne […]

Is Spumante a Champagne?

Ah! The world of wine seems to swirl with more jargon than wine in your glass! The vocabulary specific to sparkling wine is no exception and can be particularly tricky. Spumante isn’t Champagne. Spumante is an Italian wine word for sparkling wines made in Italy that are greater than 3 atmospheres of pressure (ATM). Examples […]