Carbonation: The injection of carbon dioxide gas into a wine to make it bubbly. Used in the production of inexpensive and inferior quality sparkling wines.
Carbonation: Carbon dioxide gas is pumped into still wine much like the manufacturing process for soft drinks. Not to be too judgmental, but this method is generally limited to cheap, forgettable wines perhaps best left for dorm-room consumption.
Carbonation or the bicycle pump method involves taking a base wine and injecting carbon dioxide. This is the cheapest method - also used for fizzy canned drinks. The bubbles are large and disappear quickly.
crémantA sparkling wine with reduced or lesser carbonation (usually the product of Méthode Champenoise). Cream SherryA style of Sherry made by sweeting an Oloroso with large amounts of Pedro Ximénez.
Liveliness A term used to describe a wine with slight carbonation and fresh, bright acidity.
Luscious Similar to "voluptuous" but more commonly associated with sweet wines that have a rich, concentrated mouthfeel.
Beer involves a relatively short (incomplete) fermentation process and an equally short aging process (a week or two) resulting in an alcohol content generally between 3-8%, as well as natural carbonation.
Clear straw color, with a crackling carbonation that froths up in the glass, then falls back to a quiet ring of foam around the edge.
dry Sherries, sparkling wines, dessert and after dinner wines are not as easy to assess using this method: Sherries because of their general low pH and low TA; sparkling wines because their low pH and high acid are mitigated somewhat by carbonation; ...
Club soda can be poured on the stain and the carbonation will help to lift the stain from the carpet fibers while the salt acts as a buffer to keep the stain from setting.
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Carbon Dioxide
A natural by-product of fermentation that gives beer its sparkle, or carbonation. May also be injected artificially into beer.
Cask
A closed, barrel-shaped container for beer. Available in various sizes and usually made of metal.
Because sparkling wines contain carbonation, flutes are designed to encourage carbonated bubbles to remain active.
Méthode champenoise: The traditional method of making Champagne, whereby the carbonation occurs naturally during a second fermentation, rather than by injection of CO2.
Methuselah: Champagne bottle with a 6-liter capacity.
Still wines. wines without carbonation.
Structural components. A wine's alcohol, tannin, acid and sugar (if any).
Champagne is all sparkling wine, but not all sparkling wine can be called Champagne. So, what is the difference? Sparkling wine is any wine with carbonation; if it has bubbles and it is wine, it is sparkling wine.
CREMANT
A category of champagne or sparkling wine that contains less carbonation than standard champagnes or sparkling wines. Cremant Champagnes are usually quite light and fruity.
Considered a minor fault stemming sometimes from the onset of a brief secondary malolactic fermentation in the bottle. Consists of pinpoint carbonation typically released when the bottle cork is pulled.
You are looking for an end-product that is green to lush gold in color, redolent of white peach, mineral, white flowers, citrus flowers and lively crisp brightness on the palate. The carbonation will be about half that of regular sparkling wine.
Added bonus: it passed the 'two night test' ; it drank nearly as well after being recorked (half bottle left, no carbonation) and poured again the next evening. Match it with pizza, pasta and marinara, mac and cheese, cured meats (i.e.
Lively
When a wine is lively, it has a clean aroma and fresh acidity. This term is also used for sparkling wines that have a good amount of carbonation without being too carbonated.
The French call it "petillant," the Germans "spritzig" and the Italians use my favorite term "frizzante." Some wines, such as Moscato d'Asti are made to have very light carbonation.
Techniques have been developed that are very different and, many would argue, inferior to the Méthode Champenoise, based on these areas of judgment. Twentieth century technology brought, besides injected carbonation, ...
Some bubblies outside of Champagne are made from a cheaper and quicker carbonation process, during which bubbles are injected into the tanks of fermenting wines.
 See also: Aroma, Wine, Bottle, Taste, Sweet
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