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What can you see?

Try and identify the shade of the Champagne you are tasting. Name it and ask yourself whether the wine is limpid, silky or sparkling. How would you describe the bubbles?

What colour is it?

  • pale gold
  • green gold
  • grey gold
  • straw yellow
  • yellow gold
  • antique gold
  • coral pink
  • salmon pink
  • deep pink


How does it look?

  • limpid
  • sparkling
  • silky


What are the bubbles like?

  • light
  • fine
  • lively
  • plentiful
  • slow

Do they form a ring?

  • discreet
  • intense