On January 06, 2023, Annette Schiller led a tasting at the American Wine Sociery (Northern Virginia Chapter) about: All Sorts of Sparklers: How do the Bubbles get into that Bottle?
We tasted 11 sparkling wines from around the world, ranging from a Hillinger Secco (Austria) to a Taittinger Champagne (France). 40 people participated in the tasting. We had 2 bottles per wine.
Annette Schiller: It can be confusing to see all the different labels of bubblies with prices vacillating between just a few dollars per bottle for a mass-produced sparkler to close to a hundred. There is Champagne, Cava, Crémant, Prosecco, Frizzante, Sekt, Winzersekt, Secco, Pet-Nat, to name just a few. But they all have one thing in common: they have significant levels of carbon dioxide in the bottle to make them fizzy. However, there are different procedures to get the fizz into the bottle. We will taste 11 sparkling wines and will evaluate the difference in the various methods of how the CO2 gets into the bottle.
Annette used a power point presentation for the tasting. You find the slides at the end of this posting.
Previous Tastings
Annette has done similar tastings with different wines at 2 occasions recently:
All Sorts of Sparklers: How do the Bubbles get into that Bottle? - Tasting at the American Wine Society (NoVa Chapter) led by Annette Schiller
All Sorts of Sparklers: How do the Bubbles get into that Bottle? - Wine Tasting by the German Wine Society with Annette Schiller
All Sorts of Sparklers: How do the Bubbles get into that Bottle - Presentation by Annette Schiller, ombiasy WineTours, at the 2021 American Wine Society National Conference in Atlantic City
Social Hour
Tasting
11 Sparkling Wines
How do the Bubbles get into that Bottle?
One fermentation:
- Adding CO2
1) NV Secco, Pink Ribbon, Pinot Noir, Hillinger, Burgenland, Austria
- Méthode Ancestrale
2) 2018 Pét-Nat, Tscherne 18-Pét Pink, Steiermark, Austria
Secondary fermentation
- Charmat Method (tank fermentation)
3) NV Prosecco, Borrasca, Extra Dry, DOCG Valdobbiadene, Veneto, Italy
- Transfer Method (2 different bottles)
4) NV Jansz, Premium Cuvée Tasmania, Australia
5) NV Korbel, Brut, California, USA
- Méthode Traditionelle (same bottle)
6) NV Paul Cheneau, Cava Brut, Spain
7) NV Domaine Gracieux Chevalier, Crément de Bourgogne Brut, France
8) NV Graham Beck, Rosé, Brut, South Africa
9) 2018 Peter Jakob Kühn, Spätburgunder Blanc de Noir, Brut, Rheingau, Germany
10) 2018 Domaine Carneros by Taittinger, Brut Napa Valley, USA
11) NV Taittinger Brut La Française, France
Power Point Presentation
Maison Guigal in Ampuis, Côte Rôtie, Northern Rhône: Cellar Tour, Tasting and Vineyard Tour - Rhône Valley Tour 2022 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Culture and History, France
Tour and Tasting at
Château Haut-Bailly, Graves, Appellation Pessac-Léognan, Grand Cru Classé, with Cellar Master Jean Christoph - Bordeaux Tour 2022 by
ombiasy WineTours, France
Cellar Tour and Tasting with Daniel Wagner at Weingut Wagner-Stempel (VDP) in Siefersheim, Rheinhessen - Germany-South and Alsace 2022 by
ombiasy WineTours
Tasting with Helmut Dönnhoff and Sascha Johannes Schömel at Weingut Dönnhoff (VDP) in Oberhausen, Nahe - Germany-South and Alsace 2022 by ombiasy WineTours
2022 Annual Riesling Party at the Schiller Residence in McLean, Virginia, USA
Christian Schiller`s SCHILLER-WINE Blog on Corking Wines` Top 101 Wine Writers of 2020 List
The Wines of Germany: Presentation by Annette Schiller at the German Embassy in Washington DC/ Consular Conference December 2021
Massive Tasting of Bordeaux 1982 - the Vintage that made Robert Parker a Star, USA/ France
Carl Willner, Christian Schiller and Ken Bensley of the German Wine Society/ Washington DC Chapter (Re-)elected to the National Board, USA, Germany
The American Wine Society National Conference 2022 in Bellevue/ Seattle, Washington State - Seen through Christian Schiller`s Camera Lens
The End of the "Grosslage" in Germany - Seminar about the new German Wine Law of 2022 at the 2022 American Wine Society National Conference in Bellevue/ Seattle, Washington State, led by Annette Schiller
Christian Schiller: Re-elected to the Board of the "Weinfeder", the Association of German Wine Journalists
2022 Holiday Party of the German Wine Society (Washington DC Chapter) at the Cosmos Club in Washington DC Downtown, USA/ Germany
Announcement: Annette Schiller Presenting "All Sorts of Sparklers: How do the Bubbles get into that Bottle" at the Northern Virginia Chapter of the AWS on Friday, January 6, 2023
Nicolas Quillé (MW): Overview of German Wine - Regions, Grape Varieties and New Labeling Rules
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