Just like a hungry stomach needs delicious food, a night party is indispensable for refreshing bottles of sparkling wine.
A memorable multi-sensory experience at a nightlife party not only includes magical lights, vibrant music, enthusiastic friends… but also moments of ‘mood’ from drinks.
Therefore, it is not surprising that sparkling wine is often the preferred choice for many nightclubs and lounge parties.
Not as heavy as strong wine, nor as “smooth” as red wine, sparkling wine is the neutralization of the best of drinks commonly used for night parties. It’s a moderate lightness from wine yeast, a harmonious harmony from fruit and grapes, and an interesting feeling of rolling bubbles in the mouth.
But, like wine in general, sparkling wine is very diverse – both in taste and appearance. This makes the choice often based on personal experience or suggestions from people around.
To help you more easily choose the “suitable” sparkling wine for your nightlife party, below are some basic criteria that you can practice right away.
Tip 1: Find out the origin and brand
Wine bottles come from famous wine-producing regions or winemakers with a long history (number of years of existence and development), and strong brands (awards and reputation recognized by experts) will often help you maximize your wine-tasting experience.
Therefore, when choosing any bottle of wine – whether sparkling wine or still wine, you can completely pay attention to the details about the brand, and geographical region of origin and take the time to learn about them before choosing to buy – especially wine when you are not a wine connoisseur.
Tip 2: Taste suits your taste
The flavor of sparkling wine is greatly influenced by its sweetness. Therefore, to choose a bottle of wine that suits your taste, understanding the sweetness of wine is an important criterion.
Different sparkling wines have different sweetness levels, influenced by the sweetness of the ‘ dosage ‘ (liqueur d’expédition) – a mixture of wine with sugar or grape used in the production of many types of wine.
The most popular and palatable style is Brut with less than 12 grams of sugar per liter. If you like it sweeter, look for Demi-Sec or Doux. The driest is Brut Nature, which has less than 3 grams of sugar per liter – these wines have a sharp, linear quality.
In general, some popular sparkling wine sweetness classifications include:
Extra Brut: a bit too harsh and harsh
Brut: medium level of astringency and harshness, slightly sour taste, often used before a party
Extra Dry: more astringent and harsh but not as strong as Brut, has a slightly sweet taste, often used during parties
Demi – sec: very sweet, used as a dessert drink, used after a party
Blanc de Blancs: wine made mainly from Chardonnay or other white grapes
Blanc de Noirs: white or pale pink even though it is made from red grapes, usually from Pinot Noir or Pinot Meunier grapes
Pinot Noir: red color can also be extracted from red grape skins.
Tip 3: Beautiful appearance
Although the most important food is still taste, with sparkling wine – especially bottles used for night parties at nightclubs, lounges…, appearance is also very important.
In luxurious banquet spaces, sparkling wine bottles designed with elegant colors, using silver, metallic, or classic bottle shapes from legendary wine brands will create a pleasant and luxurious feeling in a streamlined way.
Meanwhile, with a vibrant party atmosphere at the bar/club, sparkling wine bottles with modern, youthful designs and good light interaction effects (luminous, reflective) will be the choices that should not be overlooked. On the one hand, they help the party table stand out more, on the other hand, they help people see more easily in brightly lit spaces on a dark background like at nightclubs.
Some manufacturers such as Jacob’s Creek even invest in active “glow” with light switches on the labels of their newest sparkling wine bottles, helping this product stand out among the vibrant light of the nightclub.
