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Mousseux (France)
A sparkling wine. Generally used outside Champagne to describe wines of lesser quality, quite possibly not made by the Methode Champenoise.

 


Mousseux, -euse: adj. Sparkling, bubbly; n.m. sparkling wine.
"Other countries drink to get drunk, and this is accepted by everyone; in France, drunkenness is a consequence, never an intention.

Mousseux (moo-suh)
French sparkling wine
Muscadet (muhss-ka-day)
white wine district along the Loire ...

Mousseux (moo-suh)
The French generic term for sparkling wine. Champagne, from the Champagne region is always referred to by name.
Mousy ...

Mousseux. French term used to describe sparkling wine made by the Charmat Method - a method where sparkling wine is made in bulk in sealed tanks and then bottled under pressure.

Mousseux: French for Sparkling.Mulled Wine: Red wine that has been mixed with sugar, lemon, and spices, usually including cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Served hot.

vin mousseux
Vin dont une deuxième fermentatión a eu lieu en bouteille ou en vase clos. Les vins mousseux doivent avoir une pression inférieure à 4 bar.
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Sparkling wine, Vin mousseux. This is defined as a wine which, in a closed container at 20°C, has an excess CO2 pressure greater than 3 bar, ...

French sparkling wine not made in the Champagne region is labeled Vins Mousseux. Italians call their sparkling wine Spumante, the most popular one made in a sweet style with Muscat grapes grown around the town of Asti.

The tank method also involves a second fermentation, but in this case it takes place in a large vat, rather than in an individual bottle (e.g. Vin Mousseux and most Sekt).

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Widely grown in France, California and Spain. In Spain it is called Garnacha Tintorera. In the Champagne region of France it used to make vin mousseux, or sparkling wine. Often used for making homemade wines.

In the cool Champagne region of France it is the main grape used to make the sweet "vin mousseux" - (sparkling wine). Often also confusingly known as "Alicante" for short - (see above). Reduced acreages can also be found in Australia.

In the cool Champagne region of France it is the main grape used to make the sweet "vin mousseux" - (sparkling wine). Often known as "Alicante" for short. Elsewhere the canned juice is used by many amateur winemakers for fermenting homemade wines.

MOUSSEUX (SPARKLING WINE)
Effervescent wines re-entering in the categories of the wines of table and V.Q.P.R.D.
MOUSTILLANT
It is said of a slightly effervescent wine.
MOUT (MUST)
The sweetened liquid extracts from the grape.
MUSCADELLE ...

Mousseux (french): Sparkling.
Pétillant (French): Slightly sparkling.
Récolte (French) : Crop or vintage.
Rouge (French): Red.
Sec (french): Dry.
Sommelier (French): A wine waiter.

mousseuxFrench term for sparkling. mulled wineHeated red wine with spices, and often with sugar added. mustThe combination of grapes, juice and skins that ferments to create wine.

See also: Sparkling, Wine, Mousse, Sweet, Region