Sparkling wine

Sparkling wine is the generic term for wine-based drinks in bottles, which are due to the presence of carbon dioxide under pressure. The overpressure by the dissolved carbon dioxide must be bar at 20 ° C for at least 3. In contrast, only sparkling wines have an excess pressure of 1-2.5 bar. The origin of alcohol is regulated by the "Law on the taxation of sparkling wines and intermediate products ."

Manufacturing process

The production processes are fundamentally different in the origin of the carbon dioxide. There are the following three variants:

Food law requirements

The following requirements must be met in order for the wine may be called sparkling wine:

  • Indication of the country of origin on the label;
  • Minimum alcohol content of 10 percent by volume;
  • The total sulfur content shall not exceed 235 mg / l;
  • The carbonic acid pressure must be at least 3 bar. In particular bar of sparkling wine is delimited with a carbonic acid pressure of only 1 to 2.5.

Some sparkling wines

In the different wine growing regions a variety of sparkling wines are produced. A selection:

Taxation ( Germany )

Sparkling wine is subject to the Federal Republic of Germany, the sparkling wine tax. This is a consumption tax and is for sparkling wine with an alcohol content of less than 6 % alcohol by volume 51 EUR per hectolitre of sparkling wine with an alcohol content of 6% by volume or more 136 euros per hectolitre. In Germany, 340 million liters of sparkling wine were consumed on the survey of the Federal Statistical Office in 2012. Each residents aged 16 years and drank an average lifetime of 4.8 liters or 48 glasses ( 0.1 liters) of sparkling wine.

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