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Sparkling wine has delighted humanity for nearly 500 years. It has become essential at celebratory meals, a toast to new marriages, new babies, new jobs, and is even used to launch ships, but there’s more to it than the fizzy and festive. In Fizz!<\/em><\/strong>, Anthony Rose takes an in-depth look at sparkling wines around the world, exploring how and where they are made, and why they are such a joy to drink.<\/p>\n

The first part of <\/em>Fizz!<\/em><\/strong> delves into the history of sparkling wine, including early accidents and experiments in sparkling winemaking, its nineteenth-century surge in popularity (and associated debauchery) and the breakthroughs in vineyard and cellar that ensured Champagne’s place among the great wines of the world. Rose then goes on to detail fizz-making techniques, from the traditional method to pet nat, and explores the terroirs and grapes suited to producing the wines, from the Champagne trio of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier to the native varieties producing compelling effervescence worldwide.<\/p>\n

Following a look at the science behind the bubbles, Rose begins his global quest in search of sparkling wines. Travelling Europe, from Portugal to Moldova, he samples Cava from Spain, proves there’s more to France than Champagne, finds out why southern England makes some of the world’s best bubbles, discovers Sekt secrets of the Germans and explores Italy beyond the Prosecco that began the new fashion for fizz. Journeying further afield, Rose recommends the best fizz from California, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, tastes some of South Africa’s Cap Classique and even finds sparklers of note in Japan and China.<\/p>\n

This comprehensive celebration of sparkling wine is rounded off with thorough appendices, making it essential reading for wine lovers and students of wine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fizz! tells the stories behind the increasingly vibrant sparkling wine industry, exploring recent changes in vineyard and cellar and explaining why it really is worth paying more for some wines. It sets out the huge diversity of wine styles now on offer, and presents profiles of producers making a difference to the world’s sparkling wines.
Introduction: on sparkling form 1
\nPart 1: Anatomy of the bubble 7
\n1. A brief history of the bubble 9
\n2. The essence of effervescence: an introduction to
\nsparkling wine techniques 27
\n3. In the vineyard 49
\n4. Aspects of sparkling wine 63
\nPart 2: Country introductions and profiles 75
\n5. Australia and New Zealand 77
\n6. England 103
\n7. France 143
\n8. Germany 217
\n9. Italy 227
\n10. Central and Eastern Europe 265
\n11. South Africa – Cap Classique 281
\n12. Spain and Portugal 293
\n13. USA and Canada 313
\n14. Asia: Japan and China 339
\nAppendices 343
\nI. Champagne production 2000–2020 343
\nII. Champagne harvest dates\/musts\/temperatures\/
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\nIII. Champagne vintages 348
\nIV. Traditional method minimum ageing periods 352
\nGlossary 355
\nBubbliography 363
\nThanks 367
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