Are champagne and sparkling wine the same thing?!
Answers: I perhaps incorrectly assumed that the difference between wine and champange is that champange is carbonated. So is sparkling wine and champange the same thing?
Yes they are. France owns the right to use the term Champagne for sparkling wines produced in the Champagne region of France. Sometimes you will see the term "Methode Champenoise" on wines which means that they are made using the same method as Champagne but were produced outside of Champagne France.
In Italy, Prosecco or Spumonti are sparkling wines. In France outside of Champagne they are called Cremant. In the United States they are either called Sparkling or use the Methode Champenoise term.
Champagne is a sparkling wine, but not all sparkling wine is Champagne. Champagne has to made in the traditional methode champanoise which is from a distinct appellation in France. If it's not made that way and not from there, it can't have Champagne on the label. Then it's just called sparkling wine. But it's still the fizzy bubbly.
not the same thing..
The French have the rights to the name Champagne. A sparling wine from the Champagne region of France. Cava from Spain, Spumanti from Italy and California Champane from California are all sparking wines, but legally they can not call themselves Champagne.
Champagne can only be called champagne if made in the Champagne region in France. No other sparkling wine can be called this. Other vineyards around the world use the same methods as used in Champagne.but cannot be classed as champagne.
My best friend (here in UK) is from the Champagne region where her father had his own vineyard in Epernay(just thought I would add this!)
Hardly!
Real Champagne comes from only one area of France.
Years ago the International Organization which attempts to maintain some consistency in wine production and marketing imposed upon the rest of the world to qualify their champagne type wine. The Germans, an honorable people, agreed to call theirs Sekt. The US pretty much ignores pesky rules such as the one requiring us not to call our pretty much mediocre effervescent wine...champagne.
The difference, however, is considerable.
I assume the top of the heap in real Champagne is still
Dom Pérignon. There are, however, many really good champagnes.
You can actually buy a "pink champagne" which, is really a rose.
Yup - the Méthode Champenoise is what is used to make both. The difference is that France threw a hissy and said that if all sparkling wines were called champagne they would lose their market share because people would presume all sparklings were alike. That is highly unlikely since the wines from different regions produces different tasting wines that is a simple fact.
Simply put "sparking wines" come from the USA and "champagne" comes from France. Personally i prefer the US varities as they are fruitier and not as dry.
Cheers!
champagne is only from France, sparkling wine is from anywhere else.
yes they are.