Table of Contents

Why Make Sparkling Wines? Champagne. Other Sparkling Wines. Bottles and Closures. Ingredients to Use. The Basic Wine. Recipes; Racking, Clarification and Assessment. Adjusting Sugar Content. Bottle Fermentation. Maturing. Shaking Dow the Yeast. Disgorging and Sweetening. Tank Method. Tasting. Serving.

About the Author

The late John Restall lived in Twickenham and had been making wines since 1955. He was an active member of his local amateur winemaking circle where he shared his experiences of winemaking with other enthusiasts and he loved to visit wine-producing regions abroad to learn professional methods. The late Donald Hebbs was also a keen wine and beer maker who won many major awards at local, regional and national wine shows. He started making sparkling wine in 1967 and it won three national awards: 1st Prize in 1968, 2nd in 1969 and 1st in 1971. His sparkling wine also won "Best in Show" at the Middlesex Wine Festival in 1970. He was a member of the Amateur Winemakers National Guild of Judges for Wine and Beer and was a well-known lecturer on both subjects.