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The German term Schaumwein was first used by the German poet Wilhelm Hauff (1802-1827) in his novel "The Man in the Moon" in 1827 and then first appeared in a dictionary 50 years later in 1876. It is to be understood as an umbrella term or collective term for sparkling wines with a certain proportion of carbon dioxide (often colloquially referred to incorrectly as carbonic acid ).

Schaumwein - Flasche und Glas

The higher the proportion and the finer the bubbles, the higher the quality. Good quality is characterised by a pronounced, long-lasting effervescence with the finest, i.e. tiny bubbles bubbles. This can be achieved particularly with the classic production method of bottle fermentation with prolonged yeast ageing.

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