champagne vs sparkling wine

champagne

• A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise. 

• A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne. 

• Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise. 

• A glass of champagne. 

• Any sparkling white wine. 

• champagne 

• Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne. 

• To drink champagne. 

• To ply or treat with champagne. 

sparkling wine

• Any wine that is effervescent because of dissolved carbon dioxide; either because of fermentation in bottle or by physical carbonation.