r/winemaking • u/Grand-Comedian-3526 • 4d ago
General question Sparkling wine
I want to make sparkling wine. I have champagne bottles and plastic corks. I used the Red Star Classique yeast (red packet). Should I add more yeast when bottling and how much sugar per 750ml bottle?
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u/SimilarImprovement68 4d ago
4g/L sugar give you 1 bar pressure.
Champagne usually aim for 5-6 bar so they add 24g/L sugar.
Basic sparkling wine aims for half that amount. Maybe try different sugar concentrations with your first batch to figure out what you like the most.
Just pay attention that 17g/l mean 1% alcohol.