🍷 Still wine
Ordinary wine without carbon dioxide bubbles.
Still wine is ordinary wine without bubbles. It holds almost no dissolved carbon dioxide, so it does not foam or fizz. Most of the world's wines are still: white, red and rosé, dry and sweet.
During fermentation yeast turns sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide. In still wine the gas simply escapes into the air while the wine ferments in an open or loosely closed vat. In sparkling wine the gas is kept: a second fermentation takes place in a closed bottle or tank.
Before bottling, excess gas is sometimes even removed from still wine. The word still is used to tell these wines apart from sparkling and semi-sparkling ones. Many European appellations, such as Burgenland, Styria or Wagram in Austria, set separate rules for still and sparkling wines. Even Champagne, famous for bubbles, makes still wines, sold as Coteaux Champenois.
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- Italy: 📜 Brunello di Montalcino, 📜 Amarone della Valpolicella, 📜 Barbaresco, 📜 Barolo, 📜 Bolgheri Sassicaia, 📜 Chianti Classico, 📜 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, 📜 Aglianico del Vulture, 📜 Barbera d'Asti, 📍 Bolgheri, 📜 Cannonau di Sardegna, 📜 Carmignano, 📜 Castel del Monte, 📍 Castelli Romani, 📍 Cirò and 458 more
France: 📜 Chablis, 📜 Chambertin-Clos de Bèze, 📜 Clos de Vougeot, 📜 Côte-Rôtie, 📜 Gevrey-Chambertin, 📜 Haut-Médoc, 📜 Meursault, 📜 Nuits-Saint-Georges, 📜 Pauillac, 📜 Pessac-Léognan, 📜 Pomerol, 📜 Pouilly-Fumé, 📜 Puligny-Montrachet, 📜 Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, 📜 Bâtard-Montrachet and 382 more
Spain: 📍 Bizkaia (Bizkaiko Txakolina), 📍 Calatayud, 📍 Catalonia, 📍 Condado de Huelva, 📍 Gran Canaria, 📍 Canary Islands, 📍 La Gomera, 📍 La Palma, 📍 Montilla-Moriles, 📍 Málaga (Axarquía), 📍 Ribeira Sacra, 📍 Rueda, 📍 Somontano, 📍 Terra Alta, 📍 Utiel-Requena and 130 more
Greece: 📍 Epirus, 📍 Amyntaio, 📍 Zakynthos, 📍 Mantinia, 📍 Naoussa, 📜 Retsina of Attica, 📍 Sitia, 📍 Anchialos, 📍 Goumenissa, 📍 Drama, 📍 Zitsa, 📍 Heraklion (Peza, Archanes), 📍 Thrace (Greece), 📍 Crete, 📍 Macedonia (Greece) and 122 more
Bulgaria: 📍 Struma Valley, 📍 Melnik, 📍 Svishtov, 📍 Asenovgrad, 📍 Sakar, 📍 Danube Plain, 📍 Pomorie, 📍 Sandanski, 📍 Thracian Lowland, 📍 Black Sea, 📜 Brestnik, 📜 Vidin, 📜 Evksinograd, 📜 Karnobat, 📜 Lom and 39 more
Germany: 📍 Franconia, 📍 Mosel, 📍 Palatinate, 📍 Rheinhessen, 📍 Baden, 📍 Middle Rhine, 📍 Nahe, 📍 Rheingau, 📍 Saxony, 📍 Württemberg, 📍 Ahr, 📍 Hessische Bergstraße, 📍 Saale-Unstrut, 📜 Ahr Valley Landwein, 📜 Bavarian Lake Constance Landwein and 31 more
Romania: 📍 Babadag, 📍 Cotnari, 📍 Dealu Mare, 📍 Drăgășani, 📍 Iași, 📍 Panciu, 📍 Sarica Niculițel, 📍 Sâmburești, 📍 Ștefănești, 📍 Aiud, 📍 Dobrogea Hills, 📍 Huși, 📍 Odobești, 📍 Sebeș-Apold, 📍 Danube Terraces and 30 more
Hungary: 📍 Badacsony, 📍 Balatonboglár, 📍 Bükk, 📍 Hajós-Baja, 📍 Nagy-Somló, 📍 Pannonia, 📍 Szekszárd, 📍 Tolna, 📍 Balaton, 📍 Balatonfüred-Csopak, 📍 Csongrád, 📍 Eger, 📍 Upper Hungary, 📍 Mátra, 📍 Neszmély and 27 more
Portugal: 📍 Alentejo, 📍 Azores, 📍 Beira Interior, 📍 Douro, 📍 Palmela, 📍 Torres Vedras, 📍 Távora-Varosa, 📍 Alenquer, 📍 Algarve, 📍 Bairrada, 📍 Colares, 📍 Graciosa, 📍 Setúbal Peninsula, 📍 Tejo, 📍 Vinho Verde and 23 more
Austria: 📍 Eisenberg, 📍 Neusiedlersee, 📍 Rosalia, 📍 Styria, 📍 Thermenregion, 📍 Wagram, 📍 Weststeiermark, 📍 Burgenland, 📍 Kamptal, 📍 Leithaberg, 📍 Lower Austria, 📍 Vulkanland Steiermark, 📍 Vienna, 📍 Carnuntum, 📍 Kremstal and 14 more
Netherlands: 📍 Limburg (Netherlands), 📍 Gelderland, 📍 Mergelland, 📍 Zeeland, 📜 De Voerendaalse Bergen, 📜 Friesland, 📜 North Holland, 📜 Rivierenland, 📜 Utrecht, 📜 South Holland, 📜 Drenthe, 📜 Oolde, 📜 Schouwen-Duiveland, 📜 Vijlen, 📜 Achterhoek-Winterswijk and 5 more
Croatia: 📍 Croatian Istria, 📍 Plešivica, 📍 Prigorje-Bilogora, 📍 Slavonia, 📍 Dalmatian Hinterland, 📍 Croatian Danube, 📍 Moslavina, 📍 Pokuplje, 📜 Coastal Croatia, 📍 Central and Southern Dalmatia, 📜 Dingač, 📍 Croatian Littoral, 📍 Northern Dalmatia, 📜 Eastern Continental Croatia, 📜 Western Continental Croatia and 3 more
Slovenia: 📍 Karst, 📍 Posavje, 📍 Slovenian Istria, 📍 Styrian Slovenia, 📍 Bizeljsko-Sremič, 📍 Lower Carniola, 📍 Prekmurje, 📜 Teran, 📍 White Carniola, 📍 Goriška Brda, 📍 Podravje, 📍 Primorska, 📍 Vipava Valley, 📜 Belokranjec, 📜 Cviček and 2 more
Czechia: 📍 Litoměřice, 📍 Mělník, 📍 Velké Pavlovice, 📍 Mikulov, 📍 Znojmo, 📍 Bohemia, 📍 Moravia, 📍 Slovácko, 📜 Moravian, 📜 Šobes, 📜 Bohemian
Cyprus: 📍 Krasochoria Lemesou, 📍 Larnaca, 📍 Laona Akamas, 📍 Paphos, 📍 Limassol, 📍 Nicosia (Pitsilia), 📜 Nicosia, 📜 Vouni Panagias – Ampelitis, 📜 Krasochoria Lemesou – Afames, 📜 Krasochoria Lemesou – Laona
Slovakia: 📍 Little Carpathians, 📜 Tokaj wine region (Slovakia), 📍 Southern Slovakia, 📍 Nitra, 📍 Central Slovakia, 📍 Eastern Slovakia, 📜 Tokaj wine of the Slovak region, 📜 Slovak, 📜 Carpathian Pearl, 📜 Skalica Ruby
Belgium: 📍 Haspengouw, 📍 Côtes de Sambre et Meuse, 📍 Hageland, 📜 Heuvelland wine, 📜 Flemish country wine, 📜 Country Wine of the Gardens of Wallonia
Denmark: 📍 Funen, 📍 Bornholm, 📍 Jutland, 📍 Zealand, 📜 Dons
Malta: 📍 Malta (island), 📍 Gozo, 📜 Maltese Islands
Belgium, Netherlands: 📜 Meuse Valley Limburg
Luxembourg: 📍 Luxembourg Moselle - Similar and different
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Frequently asked questions
What is still wine?
Wine without carbon dioxide bubbles. Most white, red and rosé wines are still.
How is still wine different from sparkling wine?
In sparkling wine the gas from fermentation is trapped, so it fizzes. In still wine the gas escapes.
Is still wine made in Champagne?
Yes. Still white, red and rosé wines from Champagne are sold as Coteaux Champenois.
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🍷 Red wine · 🍷 White wine · 🍷 Rosé · 🍷 Sweet wine · 🍷 Sparkling wine · 🍷 Semi-sparkling wine
⚠️ Wine contains alcohol: adults only, drink in moderation. Wine usually contains sulphites; egg white or milk proteins are sometimes used for fining — important for allergies and for vegans.
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- OIV, International Code of Oenological Practices