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We all love Champagne, but we don’t love the hefty price tag. This technique makes “champagne” that tastes great, almost instantly, for cheap. And unlike traditional bottled Champagne, this method will also give you fresh, carbonated, fizzy grapes that you can enjoy in or alongside your glass of bubbly. We’re calling this “champagne with a lowercase c” because it’s not made in the Champagne region or the Champagne style, but it’s a fun way to give any wine you like a bubbly boost. Perfect for dinner party toasts during the holiday season and ringing in the new year, you can carbonate white, rosé, and even red wines—just make sure to pick out a bottle, carton, box, or can of wine that you enjoy drinking. (No point in going through this process using a wine that tastes horrible to begin with.) You can even make sparkling non-alcoholic wine (or “cider”) by carbonating grape and apple juices. Using a one-quart <a href="https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/how-siphons-work">whipped cream canister</a> (aka whipping siphon or iSi siphon), we carbonate wine with CO2 to get plenty of bubbles and highlight grape flavors. Adding sliced fresh grapes provides a little sweetness and tannins that, along with the carbon dioxide, make cheap wine taste a little bit brighter. To keep your bubbly color consistent, choose grape varieties with skins that match your starting wine. (Green grapes for white wine, purple grapes for red wine.) You can also get creative and mix and match to add different color and flavor notes. A whipping siphon allows us to manipulate pressure with soluble gasses in order to alter the texture, color, flavor, and temperature of liquids and solid ingredients. Originally created to aerate high-fat liquids like cream into foam, chefs soon realized that the same technology could be used to produce <a href="https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/getting-bubbles-in-your-beverage">carbonation</a>, cavitation, <a href="https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/awesome-technique-alert-infuse-fruits-and-veggies-with-flavor-in-a-flash">infusion</a>, and more with a vast array of ingredients.From <a href="https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/fresh-juice-soda">fresh juice sodas</a> and bubbly <a href="https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/carbonated-celery-gimlet">cocktails</a> to <a href="https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/bright-fluffy-whipped-hollandaise">fluffy hollandaise</a> and <a href="https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/skinny-whip-2-0">vegan whip</a>, we use <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002NY6PVO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002NY6PVO&linkCode=as2&tag=chefsteps02-20&linkId=76b7ec890d858bbe9ed09ea36be46b55">iSi siphons</a> to create a variety of beverages, garnishes, and more. Unlock the world of delicious possibilities and learn how to master your iSi siphon in our <a href="https://www.chefsteps.com/classes/whipping-siphons">Whipping Siphons Class</a>.