Sparkling wine
![A glass of Champagne](/Images/godic/202501/12/Glass_of_champagne4205.jpg")
![While Dom Perignon is often credited with inventing Champagne, he actually spent most of his life trying to prevent the wine from developing bubbles.](/Images/godic/202501/12/Epernay-Moet024205.JPG")
![While harvesting grapes destined for sparkling wine, premium producers will take extra care to handle the grapes as gently as possible in order to minimize the extraction of harsh phenolic compounds from the skin.](/Images/godic/202501/12/Harvesting_Chardonnay_grapes4205.jpg")
![The transversage method is used to make small and large format bottles of sparkling wine, such as this split (quarter bottle) of Champagne.](/Images/godic/202501/12/Moet_and_glass4205.jpg")
Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it, making it fizzy. The carbon dioxide may result from natural fermentation, either in a bottle, as with the traditional method, in a large tank designed to withstand the pressures involved (as in the Charmat process), or as a result of carbon dioxide injection.