What is the difference between wine and champagne?

Answer 1

Technically champagne is sparkling wine from the Champagne district of France, all other "champagnes" are just sparkling wine. Regular wine is not carbonated.
Champagne is very tedious to make in relationship to wine
First Fermentation. After the grapes are pressed, they are stored in stainless steel vats – though occasionally this is done in oak barrels – to undergo the first fermentation. This process yields a still wine.

Blending. After the first fermentation is complete, the still wine is blended by the cellar master with various other base wines. This produces a blend that will match the house style, and can include as many as 70 different base wines – each adding a distinct quality to the blend. For non-vintage Champagne, a certain amount of reserve wine (wine set aside from previous harvests) is added as well. It is this carefully-managed task that lends a consistent character to each Champagne house.

Second Fermentation. Once the blend is complete, it is bottled, and a mixture of sugar and yeast, known as the liqueur de tirage, is added. The bottle is closed with a crown cap and laid down, horizontally, in a cool, dark cellar. The minimum amount of time the wine ages is 15 months for non-vintage and three years for vintage, but most Champagne is aged for longer than these minimal rules stipulate.

Riddling. After aging, the yeast deposit remaining from the second fermentation is encouraged down the neck of the inverted bottle through a series of quarter or half-quarter turns, during which the bottle moves from a horizontal position to an inverted one. This process, called riddling, takes an average of eight weeks by hand, or eight days by machine.

Disgorgement and Dosage. Once settled, the sediment is removed by immersing the Champagne bottleneck in an ice-cold brine that freezes the residue into a small ice block. It is then removed from the bottle, either by hand or automatically. Then, a small amount of sugar dissolved in wine is added before the final cork is inserted in the bottle. This solution contains a specific measure of sugar that will define the sweetness of the wine.

Answer 2

Champagne is carbonated wine from a certain part of France. Although often mis-labeled, many "Champagnes" are merely sparkling wines labeled as "Champagne". This is comparable to a "Flying-Disk" being called a "Frisbee". Only Wham-O can call theirs a "Frisbee" but others get away with it because their trade name has become integrated in our language and is often substituted for the generic name. Other such products are Band-Aid, Kleenex and Tampax to name a few. Anyway, getting back to Champagne. Champagne is and was a trade-name and because of it's popularity at key party times (New Year's Eve) other producers sell their Carbonated wine as Champagne. I hope this helped!

Answer 3

Champagne is a light sparkling white WINE...
To be truly callen Champagne it must come from the Champagne region of France.

Answer 4

Champagne is wine. its a sparkling wine.
It is produced exclusively within the Champagne region of France, from the area " Champagne"
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Answer 5

champagne is like a trademark and only sparking wines made in the champagne region of france are allowed to be called champagne.

Answer 6

Champagne is wine that undergoes a second fermentation after bottling and forms carbonation.

Answer 7

Champagne is from a grape in Champagne, France. It has to be from there to be called champagne.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Carbonation/filtration/Ferment

Answer 10

champagne is carbonated wine is not