Sparkling Riesling (German Sekt): The Fruity Bubbly Under $20 You've Never Tried!

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Episode #206: Sparkling Riesling (German Sekt): The Fruity Bubbly Under $20 You've Never Tried!

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KEY INSIGHTS & FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: WHAT IS SPARKLING RIESLING AND HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM CHAMPAGNE?
A: Sparkling Riesling is bubbly made from the Riesling grape, not Chardonnay or Pinot Noir like Champagne. In Germany it’s called Sekt and often shows bright acidity, floral aromatics, and stone-fruit flavors. Unlike Champagne, many examples use the Charmat method, which preserves fresh fruit instead of yeasty, toasty notes.

Q: WHY DOES GERMANY MAKE SO MUCH SEKT?
A: Germany is the world’s largest sparkling-wine market and drinks more bubbly per person than almost anyone. Roughly half of German Sekt is made from Riesling, especially in Mosel, and a legal change in 1976 enabled small growers to produce high-quality Winzersekt using traditional bottle fermentation.

Q: IS CHARMAT OR TRADITIONAL METHOD BETTER FOR SPARKLING RIESLING?
A: Charmat often works better for Riesling because it keeps the grape’s natural fruit and aromatics intact. Traditional-method Sekt can add bready notes that sometimes clash with Riesling’s floral profile, though premium Winzersekt proves both approaches can succeed depending on producer intent and quality level.

Q: WHAT DOES SPARKLING RIESLING TASTE LIKE?
A: Expect high acidity, lively bubbles, and flavors of peach, apple, citrus, and melon with occasional petrol notes. Compared with Prosecco or Champagne, Riesling Sekt is typically more aromatic and zippy, making it feel “sprightly” and refreshing, especially in cool-climate regions like Mosel or the Finger Lakes.

Q: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEUTSCHER SEKT AND CHEAP SEKT?
A: Deutscher Sekt is made from German-grown grapes, often Riesling, and signals higher quality. Most mass-market Sekt historically used imported base wine and prioritized volume over flavor, while grower-produced Winzersekt emphasizes estate fruit, traditional methods, and regional identity, similar to grower Champagne.

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Introduction 00:00

Hello fellow Grape Minds! And welcome to The Wine Pair Podcast. I’m Joe, your sommelier of reasonably priced wine, and this is my wife and my wine pairing partner in crime, Carmela. And we are The Wine Pair!

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Episode Overview and First Thoughts on Sparkling Riesling 01:36

Carmela, it’s been a while, but today, we are going to talk about Sekt. Now, I know what you are thinking, this is a wine podcast. Well, get your minds out of the gutter because when I say Sekt, I mean the name for sparkling wine in Germany, Austria, and some other places like Switzerland and sometimes Luxembourg where they speak German. And today we are focusing specifically on sparkling wine, or Sekt, made from Riesling. For some of you that may not be a big deal, but across the globe, the most common grapes in sparkling wines are Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. However, in Germany, about half of all sparkling wines made there are made from Riesling. And, we will talk a lot more about that, and how it is made, in a few minutes.

Now, it may surprise you that we are talking about sparkling wine and Germany because the alcoholic beverage most people associate with Germany is beer. Hofbrauhaus and Oktoberfest and all that fun stuff. And you’ve been to Hofbrauhaus, right Carmela? But did you know that Germany is the largest market for sparkling wine, and that about a quarter of all of the sparkling wine in the world is consumed by Germans? It’s true! In fact, per capita, and this number counts children for some reason, the Germans drink on average 5 bottles of bubbly each year. So, the Germans like themselves some Sekt. They can get enough of Sekt. They’re, like, having Sekt all over the place. At home, at restaurants, in stores, at sports games, wherever.

By the way, we know that there are some people who are not super crazy about sparkling wine, but like we said last week about white wine, you just may have not met the right sparkling wine yet. We love sparkling wine, but we didn’t always appreciate the way we do now, so we hope this episode may help to open your minds a little bit.

Another thing some of you may be asking is, why are we saying sparkling wine and not Champagne. Those of you who listen to us often know this, but Champagne is the name of a specific sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France. So, every other sparkling wine is correctly called sparkling wine. If you want to get on my bad side, say that you are serving Champagne and then bring out something like Prosecco. I will not be happy.

And, for more fun facts that you can put in your brain box, there are 3 main ways that sparkling wine is usually made. They are the Champagne or Traditional Method, the Charmat or tank method, and Pét-Nat. And these are important to know if you are an aspiring wine nerd.

In the traditional or Champagne method, the bubbles are made inside the bottle. Winemakers first make a still wine, and then add a little sugar and yeast to the finished wine and seal it in a bottle. The yeast makes carbon dioxide, which gets trapped in the sealed bottle and becomes tiny bubbles. The wine also sits on dead yeast for a long time, which gives it bready, toasty flavors. This method takes the most time and work, and it is used for wines like Champagne and Cava.

In the Charmat or tank method, the first fermentation also happens in a regular tank to make a still wine. Then the wine is moved to a large sealed pressure tank, where sugar and yeast are added for the second fermentation in the tank instead of the bottle. After a few months, the wine is bottled under pressure. This method is faster and cheaper, and it keeps the wine tasting fresh and fruity instead of toasty. Prosecco is the most famous example.

Pét-Nat is the oldest and simplest method. The wine is bottled before it finishes fermenting, so the bubbles form naturally in the bottle as the yeast keeps working. The yeast is usually not removed, so the wine can look cloudy and may taste a little wild or funky. Many Pét-Nats have a beer-style cap instead of a cork, which is the easiest way to tell if a sparkling wine is a Pét-Nat.

Today, however, we are going to talk about sparkling Riesling and we will get into detail about how it is made, and we have two sparkling Rieslings to taste and review today, both from Germany, so you get to hear us have Sekt today, and we will let you know if you should run out and have some Sekt after you listen to the podcast, or frankly, you have Sekt while you listen to the podcast . . .

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And, as we do every week, we’ll tell you someone we think you should recommend The Wine Pair Podcast to - because the best way for us to grow listeners is when you tell your family and friends about us - and this week, we want you to recommend us to anyone who loves sparkling wine but has never had Sekt before, and yes, you are going to get tired of the joke, or anyone who doesn’t think they like sparkling wine because they just mayhave to have some Sekt.

Topic: WTF is Sparkling Riesling? 09:43

Alright, Carmela, it’s time to find out a little more about just what the eff Sparkling Riesling is. And, by they way, if you go to our show notes, you can find all of the many, many articles and other sources of information we use to put together our episodes every week if you want to learn more on your own.

While Riesling has been documented in Germany since 1435, the history of sparkling Riesling is deeply intertwined with the history of Champagne. In the 19th century, many young German winemakers traveled to Champagne to learn how they made sparkling wine. In fact, many famous Champagne houses were founded by Germans, including Bollinger, Krug, Mumm, and Piper-Heidsieck. Betcha didn’t know that, but even more stuff to put into your brainbox and impress your friends with.

In 1826, Georg Kessler, who had previously worked at Veuve Clicquot, founded the first sparkling wine house in Germany, and after that, sparkling winemaking in Germany started to take off. By 1850, Germany was producing 1.5 million bottles of sparkling wine or Sekt, and that rose to over 10 million bottles by the early 1900s.

After World War II, the reputation of German sparkling wine tanked because the quality started to get pretty uneven. In the 1950s and 60s, producers prioritized quantity over quality because those Germans were so thirsty for Sekt. And to speed production, they started using the tank or Charmat method rather than the traditional bottle fermentation method used in Champagne. Because of this, Sekt became known as a cheap, industrial product. Interestingly, most of this mass-market Sekt was not made from German Riesling at all, but from cheap base wines imported from Italy, Spain, and France.

In fact, during this time Riesling was basically ignored for sparkling production because using other grapes was cheaper. Even today, roughly 90-95% of Sekt is made from imported grapes, while only a small fraction is premium Deutscher Sekt made from German Riesling. However, in 1976, there was a turning point that really changed things. In that year, a legal decree got rid of the monopoly that large Sekt factories held on production, allowing small winegrowers to produce and sell their own sparkling wines. This led to the birth of Winzersekt AKA grower Sekt, and these small scale producers started making quality sparkling wines often from Riesling, and these specific wines are required to be made in the traditional method. I could not find a source that could give me the percentage of Sparkling Riesling made in the traditional method, but the vast majority of it is going to be made in the Charmat method. However, about 50% of the sparkling wine in Germany made in the traditional method is made from Riesling.

And, some winemakers think the Charmat method is actually good for making sparkling wine from Riesling because it preserves the fruitiness of the wine that can get lost in the traditional method. Sometimes people say that the yeastiness that comes through in wines made in the Champagne method don’t mix well with the floral and fruity aromas in Riesling. And this is one of the things that stands out about Sparkling Riesling is that they are known for their fruitiness, acidity, and aromatics - in fact, sometimes they are described as “invigorating” or “sprightly.” I call them Sekt-y

And, we have talked about this in the past, but Riesling is one of the wines known as an aromatic white wine, and that is because of the presence of a high number of terpenes. Like all Riesling, Sparkling Riesling can also get that “petrol” or “gas” smell, so we’ll see if we smell that in the wines we are drinking today.

In case you were wondering, most Sparkling Riesling comes from Germany, but they are also making it in the Fingers Lakes region of New York, in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, right here in the great state of Washington, California, Canada, Austria, Australia, and New Zealand, and Riesling is often a component of Crémant d'Alsace from France. Because Riesling is a cool climate grape, you will most likely find it, and Sparkling Riesling, in cooler climate areas.

And, if you keep your eyes out for it, you may also find some Pét-Nat styles of Riesling that some producers are starting to play with.

So, if you like a fruity, acid-driven wine, you will probably like Sparkling Riesling.

And, on that note, I think it’s time to learn a little more about the specific wines we are drinking today. Whaddya say?


Sparkling Riesling Wines We Chose for This Episode 17:08

As usual, the wines we have chosen for this episode are under $25, and they should be relatively easy to find because I bought one of them on wine.com and the other I got at Total Wine, and thank you once again for the assist Hasini. Sparkling Riesling is not going to be the most common sparkling wine, but if you live in a cooler climate state, you may find that local wineries are making it which is kind of fun. And if you go to a wine shop with a good German wine selection or sparkling wine selection, I bet you will find it. And, as always, go to your local wine merchant, get to know them, and ask them if they can help you and they will be more than happy to.

The first wine are going to drink is the Loosen Bros. Dr. L Sparkling Riesling, and we got this for a really good price at wine.com. This wine is 12% alcohol, but it is considered off-dry because the residual sugar is a bit high at 18.8 grams/per liter. It comes from the Mosel region of Germany which is in the Southwest part of the country which basically borders France. The wine is made in the Charmat method.

The wine is made by the Loosen Brothers, and you may have seen or heard of Loosen wines from Germany before, most famously Dr. Loosen or Weingut Loosen wines - Weingut meaning winery in German. Wiengut Dr. Loosen has been around for about 200 years, but it wasn’t until the late 1980’s, when Ernest Loosen took over from his father and started bottling single vineyard Riesling wines in the traditional Mosel style, that the reputation of the winery took off. 

The Loosen Brothers that are the name of the wine we are drinking today, are the same Ernest Loosen and his brother Thomas, and they created the Loosen Brothers label as a way to create an entry tier wine. They actually source their grapes from other growers in the Mosel region, not from their estate, and so the Dr. L line offers a way to get Loosen wines at a reasonable price. And, specifically with this wine, they wanted to create a Sekt that they could sell globally. Nothing like getting a little Loosen before you have Sekt - or you could pull something.

The next wine we are going to drink is the Ulrich Langguth 12 degree Sparkling Riesling Sekt, also from Mosel Germany, and Wine Enthusiast gave this one an 87. This is one you should be able to find at Total Wine and it is a Winery Direct wine. This wine is also 12% alcohol, and on the label they have a line which indicates the dryness or sweetness of the wine, and their marker had it right between dry and medium-dry, so it is going to be a little on the sweet side, but they were not willing to commit. In general, don’t have Sekt with people who are not willing to commit.  

It was hard to find a tech sheet for this wine, even after going to the website, so I had to do some digging around and I think I have the right information. The reason for the 12 degree name on the label is that the Langguth Winery uses a three-tier classification system for their wines, which appears to be related to the steepness of the slopes the grapes are from. 12 degrees is their basic tier. The next two tiers are 36 degrees and 50 degrees. 

On their website, they go into some detail about the slopes, and they seem to really care a lot about how steep the slopes are. Part of that is because they do not use machinery on their steepest slopes because they probably can’t. They say they hand-select their grapes, and their credo is “less s more” so they are gentle with their grapes and use slow and spontaneous fermentation. Slow and spontaneous is quite nice for Sekt. They say they have been making Riesling wines for four generations, 

But, I think that is enough information because I got tired of trying to find more of it because it frankly was hard to find - so let’s get to drinking! We’ll take a quick break and be right back. And, if you have these wines or similar wines, drink along with us to get some participation points, which you can trade-in for free stickers. You just need to send me an email with your mailing address, and I will get those “I drink with The Wine Pair Podcast” stickers over to you!

LINKS TO SOURCES FOR THESE SPECIFIC WINES

• https://www.chamberswines.com/downloads/wines/marketing/drlsparklingriesling_info.pdf
• https://www.tooscans.it/en/riesling-12-sekt-trocken-mosel-075lt?srsltid=AfmBOor8ogl3ywx2lFONSyM-55-ZCNqhBpoINhjFQpLDwYX2JPq5unfm 
• https://weingut-langguth.de/shop/12basis-2/ 

Loosen Bros. Dr. L Sparkling Riesling, Ulrich Langguth 12 degree Sparkling Riesling Sekt Wine Tasting, Pairing, and Review 22:39

Wine: Loosen Bros. Dr. L Sparkling Riesling (Click here to find this wine on wine.com. We may be compensated if you purchase)
Region: Germany, Mosel
Year: NV
Price: $15.97
Retailer: wine.com
Alcohol: 12%
Grapes: Riseling
Professional Rating: WE 91, TP 91 Vivino 3.8

What we tasted and smelled in this Loosen Bros. Dr. L Sparkling Riesling: 

• Color: Lemony, straw, almost creamy or vanilla looking
• On the nose: Apple juice, Martinelli’s sparkling cider, sweet, a bit of bandaid or rubber cement, fresh air, Bounce dryer sheet of a fabric softener or car freshener
• In the mouth: Sweet apple juice, bouncy, zesty, effervescent, honey, citrus, orange creamsicle, limoncello, a bit creamy, steely on the end, fabric softener, easy drinking,  not super alcohol tasting, feels retro, like a cheap Prosecco

Food to pair with this Loosen Bros. Dr. L Sparkling Riesling: Because it is sweet need to be careful, spicy food, Phad Thai, spicy Indian food, stinky cheese, Kaseri, provolone, triple cream brie in a pastry, puff pastry appetizer, quiche, deviled eggs, great for parties
 
As a reminder on our rating scale, we rate on a scale of 1-10, with no half points, where 7 and above means that we would buy it, and 4 and below means that we are likely to pour it down the sink, and a 5 or 6 means we are likely to drink it and finish it, but we are probably not going to buy it. 

Loosen Bros. Dr. L Sparkling Riesling Wine Rating: 

• Joe: 6/10
• Carmela: 6/10

Wine: Ulrich Langguth 12 degree Sparkling Riesling Sekt
Region: Germany, Mosel
Year: NV
Price: $19.99
Retailer: Total Wine
Alcohol: 12%
Grapes: Riesling
Professional Rating: WE 87 Vivino 4.0

What we tasted and smelled in this Ulrich Langguth 12 degree Sparkling Riesling Sekt: 

• Color: Apple juice, corn-chip yellow, effervescent 
• On the nose: Apple juice, honeydew or cantaloupe melon, creamy, white peach, more stone fruit, a bit of citrus, clean, flowers, orange blossom, orange zest, vanilla, creamy sweet, Lemonhead candy
• In the mouth: Not as sweet, lemon,a little apple, a bit bitter on the end like an orange zest, Halls lemon cough drop, menthol, lemon Ludens cough drop, a little steely on the end

Food to pair with this Ulrich Langguth 12 degree Sparkling Riesling Sekt: Fish and seafood, shrimp scampi with spaghetti, schnitzel or breaded cutlet, cutlet sandwich, spicy tacos, Cajun fish taco, fettuccine alfredo
 

Ulrich Langguth 12 degree Sparkling Riesling Sekt Wine Rating: 

• Joe: 7/10
• Carmela: 6/10

Which one of these are you finishing tonight?

• Carmela: Ulrich Langguth 12 degree Sparkling Riesling Sekt
• Joe: Ulrich Langguth 12 degree Sparkling Riesling Sekt

The Test: Did we nail the taste profiles expected from Sparkling Riesling?  40:33

• General 
  • Crisp, laser-sharp acidity, freshness. Tingling. Green apple, peach, lime, jasmine. Can be earthy, spicy, flinty, and chalky. Sometimes petrol or kerosene on the nose. 
• Loosen Bros. Dr. L Sparkling Riesling
  • Winery: ?!?
  • WE: Exuberant green floral perfume, melon and peach abound on this profoundly aromatic sparkler. It’s delicate in mousse with soft, persistent bubbles and deeply penetrating flavors of stone fruit and tangerine. Vibrant and spine-tingling, it’s a remarkably elegant sekt for with a gentle price tag.
  • TP: Off-dry. Bright and crisp; juicy and peachy; balanced and delightful. A great value.
• Ulrich Langguth 12 degree Sparkling Riesling Sekt
  • Winery: ?!?
  • WE: There is a pastry note that opens up this Sekt, while crisp apple takes over midpalate. Moderate length

What is the verdict on Sparkling Riesling? 42:17
Great for people who like a sweeter sparkling wine, and fantastic for Prosecco lovers. Not really our style of sparkling wine because we like brut rather than semi-sweet, but a nice wine, good for spritz. Treat is as a Prosecco replacement. Not a fancy wine.


And now that we have covered the main wine for this episode, it is time to head over to our news desk so that we can cover our wine in the news this week segment.

Wine in the news this week:  Germany Still Paying for the Kaiser's Navy (With Bubbles) 43:07

• https://www.dw.com/en/germany-debates-abolishing-sparkling-wine-tax/a-68234567
• https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/01/germanys-sparkling-wine-tax-under-scrutiny/

Our wine in the news this week segment comes to us from, appropriately enough, Germany in an article from The Drinks Business written by Rupert Millar, and the headline is "Germany's sparkling wine tax under scrutiny." And as always, we've got links to this article and all of our other sources in the show notes.

Here's the deal: Every time you buy a bottle of Sekt in Germany, you pay an extra €1.02 in taxes. That's about a dollar per bottle. Now, you might think, "Okay, that's just a normal alcohol tax, right?" Wrong. This is the "Sektsteuer" - the sparkling wine tax - and it was introduced in 1902 by Kaiser Wilhelm II to help fund his Imperial Navy.

Let me say that again. In 1902, the Kaiser needed money to build battleships to compete with the British Royal Navy, and that’s why he slapped a tax on sparkling wine. And the tax is still in place today, more than a century after the Kaiser's navy was defeated and dismantled after World War I.

So every time a German buys a bottle of bubbly, they're technically still funding a navy that hasn't existed since 1918. Wild, right?

Recently, there's been a debate in Germany about whether to finally abolish this tax. The German wine industry argues that it makes their sparkling wines less competitive internationally, especially against Prosecco from Italy and Cava from Spain, which don't have this extra burden. They say it's an outdated relic that no longer makes sense.

But here's where it gets interesting: the German government collects about €400 million euros a year from this tax. That's real money. So even though everyone agrees it's absurd to still be paying for Kaiser Wilhelm's battleships, the government isn't exactly rushing to give up that revenue. I mean, afterall, putting taxes or tariffs on things may not be popular, but I guess if you can get away with it, you might as well. Right. Right?

So, Carmela, here's my question for you: If you knew that buying a bottle of Sekt was helping to fund a navy that died over 100 years ago, would that make you more or less likely to buy it? Because honestly, I kind of love the absurdity of it.

Listener Shoutouts 46:16
We have a few awesome listener shoutouts for this week, and we so appreciate when you reach out to use and tell us what you think, or what you are drinking, and so here are some shoutouts:

• Shekar - coming to the PNW to visit Seattle and the Willamette Valley, and he shared an article where he and his food are featured. https://www.independent.com/2026/02/09/nallas-indian-cuisine-enters-star-lanes-wine-caves/ 
• Tips2Liveby who likes the new format of getting to the wines sooner
• Andrew on Spotify who says he knows nothing about wine but loves white Bordeaux and wants to be told he is right. You are so right, Andrew

Wines coming up in future episodes in case you want to drink along with us 47:08

• Valpolicella Ripasso
  • Guerrieri Rizzardi Pojega Ripasso della Valpolicella 2018
  • Michele Castellani San Michele Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore 2019
•  Lebanese wines
  • Chateau Musar Lebanon Jeune Red 2022
  • Massaya Le Colombier Rouge 2021
• Pet-Nat
  • Domaine Lingot-Martin Pet Nat Gueule de Gamay
  • Lubanzi Rainboat Pet Nat 2024
• German Riesling
  • Weingut Dautel Estate Riesling Trocken 2022
  • Kruger-Rumpf Estate Riesling 2022
• Xinomavro (TBD)

Outro and how to find The Wine Pair Podcast 47:23

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RESEARCH ARTICLES AND LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE

• https://www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/wine/lets-talk-about-sekt/
• https://iscbubbly.com/2018/03/traditional-method-vs-charmat-method/
• https://winefolly.com/deep-dive/new-sekt-wine-guide/
• https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/romana-echensperger/posts/german-sekt
• https://www.alcoholprofessor.com/blog-posts/finger-lakes-region-sparkling-wines
• https://daily.sevenfifty.com/discovering-sekt-the-german-sparkling-wine-on-the-rise/
• https://www.wineanorak.com/germany/sekt_1_introduction.htm
• https://terroirsense.com/en/p/10344.html
• https://www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/wine/sparkling-riesling/?srsltid=AfmBOor8lmrP10J4WmCIiW4Rfojp3R6YKcdddxnKX-fXPf7BtYlzX0a5
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riesling
• https://germanwineusa.com/basics/german-wine-types/sparkling-wine/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLXhBKJb01o
• https://www.foodandwine.com/wine/white-wine/riesling-wine-guide
• https://www.winespectator.com/articles/happy-birthday-riesling
• https://www.winedeals.com/blog/post//riesling-wine-guide?srsltid=AfmBOop4fJmHTQDcrKhD9eU8dftG1SmysmUhGLFl2kTSaFIX63WY6SKT
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34PKb75Y31k
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrW_6XlR3q4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE8TYt0CN2c
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ip993Ayplg

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