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Charmat process
(redirected from Sparkling wine production)

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Charmat process [shär′mä ‚präs·əs]
(food engineering)
A bulk process for making champagne in which the wine undergoes secondary fermentation in a glass-lined vat instead of in a bottle.


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Jose Raventos, whose family has run the massive Codorniu vineyards and winery since the 1650's, applied his knowledge of traditional sparkling wine production to the trio of white grapes--Macabeo, Parellada and Xarel-lo--native to Cataluna.
Grapes used in making sparkling wines are harvested first because sugar levels are lower for sparkling wine production than in still wine production.
 
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