Little Known Champagne Facts
Although many of us frequently drink champagne and attend dinners & parties where the drink is the star attraction, most of us less-experienced drinkers would also probably be the first to confess that we know few interesting facts about the drink itself. From now on, have no fear, as welovechampagne are about to put that right and give you three interesting facts to impress your fellow guests with!
1) Champagne, contrary to popular belief, is indeed a sparkling wine. Its star quality is in its making: what makes it stand out from the rest, exactly, is its fermentation – rather than just the single process, champagne is fermented in both the barrel and the bottle, creating those stunning signature bubbles. Which brings us to number 2…
2) Quality is all in the bubbles. Very small bubbles are the hall-mark of only the finest champagnes in the world, while large bubbles are proof that a bottle lacks that star quality and should be avoided!
3) In a bottle there can be as many as forty-nine million bubbles, and if you ever wondered why champagne seems more potent than other wines, that’s easy: fuelled by carbon dioxide, all those bubbles enter your blood-stream faster than most other forms of alcohol, giving champagne its characteristic kick.
