Champagne vs. Champers

Champagnenoun

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

Champagnenoun

Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.

Champagnenoun

Any sparkling white wine.

Champagnenoun

(countable) A glass of champagne.

Champagnenoun

(countable) A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.

Champagneadjective

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

Champagneverb

(transitive) To ply or treat with champagne.

Champagneverb

(intransitive) To drink champagne.

Champagnenoun

A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France.

Champagnenoun

a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there

Champagnenoun

a region of northeastern France

Champagnenoun

a former province of north-eastern France that now corresponds to the Champagne-Ardenne administrative region. The region is noted for the white sparkling wine first produced there in about 1700.

Champagne

Champagne (, French: [ʃɑ̃paɲ]) is a sparkling wine produced in the Champagne wine region of France under the rules of the appellation, that demand specific vineyard practices, sourcing of grapes exclusively from designated places within it, specific grape-pressing methods and secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to cause carbonation. The grapes Pinot noir, Pinot meunier, and Chardonnay are used to produce almost all Champagne, but small amounts of Pinot blanc, Pinot gris, Arbane, and Petit Meslier are vinified as well.

Champersnoun

(informal) Champagne (wine).