For both seasoned connoisseurs and those new to this effervescent delight, understanding these sweetness distinctions can significantly enhance your champagne experience. At the heart of champagne ...

Splashing out on a celebratory bottle of bubbly and want to understand your terms? We explain the difference between Brut and ...

The level of sugar in a dosage will vary depending on how sweet a winemaker wants the Champagne to be. After two fermentations, any sugar added to the bottle will be residual (not consumed by yeast), ...

The next starts the secondary, bubble-adding fermentation. The third time sugar is added, called the dosage, determines the sweetness of the wine. Champagne’s sweetness ranges from bone-dry brut ...

a little sweetness and yeast are added to the bottle before it is sealed. This starts a second fermentation in the bottle, which produces the carbonation. Before the Champagne is finished ...

(Photo by Gado/Getty Images) It’s tempting to automatically match champagne or other sparkling with dessert. But proceed thoughtfully, as an imbalance in sweetness can leave the bubbles tasting ...

Simply made with bitters, sugar, and Champagne, it is crisp and balanced, with a touch of sweetness and warming spice. According to cocktail historian David Wondrich, this drink was so popular in ...

A Manhattan gets the Champagne treatment in this pre-Prohibition cocktail. The Boothby is a sparkling riff on a Manhattan that's made with the classic Manhattan specs — rye whiskey, sweet vermou ...