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Sparkling wines: Toast in style

Bohemia Sekt Demi Sec

The most popular of the sparkling wines, it is a Czech classic with a semi-dry taste.

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Mucha Sekt Brut

Delicate sparkle, full flavor and a light floral scent come together in a beautiful bottle.

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Saint Croix Sekt Rose

The sweeter taste from delicious fruity tones of currants and overripe raspberries makes this Sekt delightful.

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Sensi 18K Prosecco Gold Brut

Excellent prosecco, soft and pleasantly dry, it’s refreshing, fashionable and appropriate just for those truly unforgettable moments.

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Chateau Bzenec Brut

Its golden hue and rich sparkle are a delight for your eyes, while your taste buds will be charmed by tones of sweet peach with a harmonic acid taste.

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Miniature encyclopedia of sparkling wines: What to select and how to serve it

Sparkling wines, Sekt, aerated sparkling wines or “Champagnes”? Most people cannot even tell them apart. But at the same time, they often want the same thing - a delicious wine with a cork and small bubbles for those festive occasions, celebrations and to toast an event. So what’s the difference? Sparkling wines are the name used for alcoholic beverages that are produced by primary or secondary fermentation of wines.

This term is regularly confused with Champagne. However, the appellation belongs exclusively to sparkling wines originating in the French wine region of Champagne. All other sparkling wines are indicated as Sekt, excluding the original Champagne, for example the well-known Bohemia Sekt or Mucha Sekt. Aerated sparkling wine is a lower quality, cheaper wine that is artificially carbonated. It has nothing to do with Sekt.

Taste the Moravian tradition

Chateau Bzenec Brut was the first ever sparkling wine made in Moravia, originating in 1875 from Riesling grapes. Even today, it is still produced by traditional fermentation in the bottle.

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anyone can toast with sparkling wine at a celebration?

A large number of producers also make non-alcoholic sparkling wines. You can choose white or pink non-alcoholic wine with a drier and sweeter taste. Even celebrating youngsters will be delighted by what’s locally called “champagne soda”.

How do you serve Sekt? Chilled in flutes

Let the wine rest and stand in a cool place. Properly opening the bottle will prevent half the contents from spilling on the floor. After twisting the wire clip holding the cork in place, tilt the bottle at about a 45 degree angle. Rotate the cork in one direction, putting only slight pressure on it until it loosens. Have the glasses ready to pour the sparkling wine immediately after opening the bottle.

The ideal temperature for serving sparkling wine is 3-7 °C. Serve it in long narrow “flutes”, pouring until half-full. This allows the bubbles to rise more slowly and lets you enjoy your toast for a longer time.

Sekts and the labeling on the bottle

Demi-sec

Sparkling wines are classified by sugar content. The applicable dosage for demi-sec wine ranges between 33 and 50 grams per liter. These are sweeter wines.

Brut

Brut has less than 15 grams of sugar per liter in the bottle. It lies between the very dry and semi-dry/sweeter Sekts.

Doux

These Sekts are among the sweetest of all. The sugar content is greater than 50 grams per liter. They go well with desserts, for example.

Sparkling wines as a gift

Give the unmistakable taste and first-class ingredients in a single bottle.

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Something interesting to entertain family and friends, too

Did you know that the world’s oldest surviving wine shop is located inside the wreck of the Titanic, the famous ocean liner lying on the bottom of the Northern Atlantic? A research team found in a survey of the wreck that most of the bottles were still undamaged. Read more interesting information about the wine we have found for you and entertain your family and friends with what you know.