{"id":13905,"date":"2017-01-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/making-champagne-and-why-you-should-leave-it-to-the-experts"},"modified":"2017-12-10T09:49:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T08:49:58","slug":"making-champagne-and-why-you-should-leave-it-to-the-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/en\/making-champagne-and-why-you-should-leave-it-to-the-experts","title":{"rendered":"Making Champagne (and why you should leave it to the experts!)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Have you ever thought about making wine at home? It\u2019s not exactly mainstream, but there is a small minority of wine lovers that have made it a hobby of theirs. Buying <\/span>wine kits<\/span><\/a> online is probably the most popular way to go about it, but some go so far as to grow (or buy) their own grapes and do everything themselves, from fermentation to ageing. Winemaking is not easy, but it\u2019s possible.<\/span><\/p>\n The basics of making wine – that is, still wine – are relatively straightforward. You take some grapes and convert the natural sugars into alcohol through fermentation. At the risk of oversimplification, that\u2019s basically it. You\u2019ve got wine. Of course, there is a lot more to it – particularly if you want the wine to actually be good. Nonetheless, it\u2019s (relatively) straightforward.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What about <\/span>Champagne<\/span><\/a>, then? Is it the same process? First things first:<\/span> If it\u2019s not made in the Champagne region of France, it\u2019s not Champagne.<\/b> If you really are determined to make Champagne, you\u2019ll need to invest in some vineyard land in the region (which is not exactly cheap), some winery facilities including an ageing cellar, and you\u2019ll need to follow the strict guidelines as set out by the Champagne regulatory body. For these reasons alone (not to mention the painstaking process of actually making the stuff), it\u2019s probably best to leave it to the pros.<\/span><\/p>\n However, there\u2019s nothing stopping you from understanding the process at least. Some sparkling wines from other regions, particularly <\/span>Cava<\/span><\/a>, are made in the same way as Champagne, in the so-called \u201c<\/span>traditional method<\/span><\/a>\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n How Champagne is made is a complex, costly and time-consuming process. We\u2019re not going to get into excessive detail, but hopefully this guide will help you appreciate just how much work goes into each and every bottle. This should explain, in part at least, why Champagne is so expensive. It should also convince you that making Champagne is best left to the experts – unless of course you aspire to become a professional winemaker yourself, in which case you should consider some <\/span>formal technical wine education<\/span><\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n Otherwise, making sparkling wine in the traditional method goes a little something like this:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n So there you have it: Simple, huh? Have you ever tried to make your own wine at home, sparkling or otherwise? We\u2019d love to hear your stories!<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [cta_generico id=2597]<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have you ever thought about making wine at home? It\u2019s not exactly mainstream, but there is a small minority of wine lovers that have made it a hobby of theirs. Buying wine kits online is probably the most popular way to go about it, but some go so far as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[395],"tags":[466],"class_list":["post-13905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sparkling-wines","tag-wine-making"],"yoast_head":"\nMaking Champagne<\/strong><\/h2>\n
The traditional method<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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