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They're always table wines, with less than 4% sugar. There are two basic techniques to make sparkling wine: </p> <p class="bodytext">- Natural Fermentation, and </p> <p class="bodytext">- Direct injection or direct carbonation (addition of carbon dioxide) </p> <p class="bodytext">The basic ingredient is usually a dry white, rosé, or red wine, then sugar is added to produce pressure, then this wine is clarified, followed by fermentation along with a percentage of actively growing yeast culture. </p> <p class="bodytext">Direct carbonation is less expensive and easier, the base wine used is normally young fruity wine. </p> <p class="bodytext">Sparkling wine then is bottled in special bottles, which are thicker than normal in order to withstand pressures, the neck of the bottle is shaped either for seating a crown cap or with a lip that catches a steel clamp to hold the cork in place.</p></div><div id="c5418" class="csc-default"><div class="csc-header csc-header-n2"><h2>Sweetness Categories</h2></div><h3><a 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