Buy sparkling wine - spumante, sparkling wine, cava

Sparkling wine is the official name for all wines that undergo a second fermentation and the resulting carbon dioxide remains in the bottle. This can take place in large pressurised containers, as with Prosecco, where a fresh, fruity style is aimed for. Or by means of traditional bottle fermentation, where the wine slowly ferments a second time in the sealed bottle with the so-called liqueur de tirage (a mixture of wine, sugar and yeast). This can take many months - for top products such as the Cave Privée from Ballabio or Camillo from Gini even eight to ten years!

Each country has its own grape varieties and styles, resulting in very different sparkling wines - find your favourite.

We LOVE sparkling wine! That's why we are always on the lookout for very special varieties. Because there are huge differences depending on the grape variety, cuvée, time of bottle fermentation and dosage.

Here are some typical classics:

- Sparkling wine from Spain, mostly from the Catalonia region, but also from other neighbouring areas. The traditional grape varieties are Macabeo, Xarello and Parellada, but Chardonnay and red varieties are also authorised. Cava is always made using the traditional method (bottle fermentation) with at least nine months of ageing on the lees.

- is a region in Lombardy. The Mediterranean climate, which is characterised by the Alps, as well as the mineral soils and exclusively traditional bottle fermentation have allowed these wines to become sought-after cult wines in a relatively short time (the DOC has only existed since the 1960s).

- only comes from the Veneto and Friuli regions in north-east Italy. The best ones come from the Conegliano-Valdobbiadene region with its own DOCG. The grape variety is ALWAYS Glera, with a small permitted proportion of other grape varieties (which is why there is now also a Rosé!) The tank fermentation method is used for Prosecco, as a fresh, fruity style is favoured.

Unfortunately, the term sparkling wine has suffered in Germany, as it is also used to describe the cheapest sparkling wines made from grapes of various origins. Commendable exceptions are

such as those of the Gröhl family in Rheinhessen, who produce wine from their own grapes using traditional bottle fermentation and maturing for 36 months.