Sparkling wine
Sparkling wine ( French Vin pétillant , Italian Vino frizzante , in Switzerland Sternli wine ) is a "semi-foaming" wine with a minimum alcohol content of 7 % and with a carbonic acid pressure of between 1 and a maximum of 2.5 bar at 20 ° C ; at higher pressure (from 3 bar) one speaks of sparkling wine . The carbon dioxide contained is usually added as exogenous carbon dioxide through various impregnation processes , but can also come from the first or second fermentation , if the must or wine has been fermented in the pressure tank ( endogenous carbon dioxide ). Endogenous carbonic acid is also used when the carbonic acid was created during fermentation of grape must into wine and is later added to the product. It is not necessary that it was created in the relevant container itself.
description
In Germany, wine law is divided between:
- Sparkling wine with added carbonic acid,
- Sparkling wine,
- Sparkling wine with geographical indication and
- Distinguished quality sparkling wine from certain growing areas.
Main distinguishing feature here is the use of endogenous or exogenous carbon dioxide, and the wine legal status of the starting product ( table wine , quality wine , quality wines ).
Sparkling wine is not subject to sparkling wine tax in Germany . Sparkling wine should not be confused with sparkling wine in its features . According to this, sparkling wine is subject to sparkling wine tax if the bottle is closed with a sparkling wine stopper and handle or if it has an excess pressure of more than 2.5 bar at 20 ° C.
After a heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, sparkling wine largely went out of fashion in Germany. It has been experiencing its renaissance since the early 1990s, when increasingly Italian sparkling wines ( Prosecco frizzante ) conquered the German market. Since then, significant quantities have been produced again in Germany and are often marketed under the name Secco .
See also
- mousse and mousse point - for so-called pearls, the formation of carbonic acid bubbles in the glass
- Still wine - for conceptual delimitation
- Sparkling wine (Spumante) - for conceptual delimitation
literature
- Staatliches Weinbauinstitut Freiburg (Ed.): Wine law to touch . Promo Verlag, Freiburg 2004, ISBN 3-923288-37-9 .
Web links
supporting documents
- ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 491/2009 of the Council of 25 May 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007 on a common organization of agricultural markets and with special provisions for certain agricultural products (Regulation on the single CMO) , Retrieved December 17, 2012 . Annex III: "Sparkling wine is the product that [...] has an actual alcohol content of at least 7% vol"