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Every Type Of Sparkling Wine Explained By Brian Boone Oct. 4, 2025 1:40 pm EST

While "Champagne" is a specific kind of alcoholic beverage, it's evolved into a generic, umbrella term that's interchangeable with "sparkling wine." Simply because Champagne looms large in history and European and American drinking culture, it's assumed that every sparkling wine is Champagne, and by extension, fancy and French. However, that couldn't be further from the truth.

Sparkling wine is made all over the world, and while many bottles may look, taste, and feel like French Champagne, they technically aren't. But there's nothing wrong with that. Transparent white wines with bubbles, a little bit of sweetness, and a boozy punch are often very similar to one another,

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