Celebrate, but do it right!

The best sparkling wines for the European Championships

27 Jun, 24

of Marcus Hofschuster in Tasting

A toast to victory? Or a good glass to say "goodbye"? Either way, sparkling wine is the best choice for the European Championships. Here are our favourites from Germany, Austria, Italy, France and other countries.

So, is there a reason to celebrate yet? For everyone whose favourite team has reached the round of 16, a bit, right? It may not be time for the big party just yet, but as true football fans, we know how to honour stage victories appropriately. That's why we've put together a list of the best sparkling wines we've tasted over the past few months. Here are well over 100 tips for every budget and occasion. They have all been rigorously tested and declared particularly recommendable - and each one is a feast in itself, even for the biggest football fanatics! If you can't find anything here, you're lost to sparkling wine forever!

And if you can't make it to the final: a sparkling wine, sparkling wine or champagne is also a wonderful way to console yourself!

France

Eric Rodez — Champagne 2016 Champagne AOC Les Beurys Grand Cru Extra Brut (Deg.: 11/2023) Up to 150.00 €

Tarlant — Champagne 2010 Champagne AOC Brut Nature "BAM!" (Deg.: 10.02.2020) 147.50 €

Bollinger — Champagne 2014 Champagne AOC Brut "La Grande Année" (Deg.:02/2023) Up to 150.00 €

Champagne MARGUET Père & Fils — Champagne 2019 Champagne AOC Grand Cru Brut Nature "Le Parc" (Deg.: 02/2024) Up to 150.00 €

Champagne Diebolt Vallois — Champagne 2010 Champagne AOC Cramant Brut "Fleur de Passion"

Eric Rodez — Champagne 2016 Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut "Les Genettes" (Deg.: 09/2023) 125.00 €

Champagne MARGUET Père & Fils — Champagne 2019 Champagne AOC Grand Cru Brut Nature "Les Crayéres" (Deg.: 02/2024) Up to 150.00 €

Champagne Deutz — Champagne 2012 Champagne AOC Ay "La Côte Glacière" Up to 150.00 €

Tarlant — Champagne 2006 Champagne AOC Brut Nature "le Vigne d'Or" (Deg.: 06.06.2022) 132.00 €

Eric Rodez — Champagne Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut "Grands Vintages" 104.00 €

Champagne Cédric Bouchard — Champagne 2012 Champagne AOC Brut "Roses de Jeanne - La Haute Lemblé" (Deg.: 4/2016)

Joseph Perrier — Champagne 2014 Champagne AOC Brut Nature La Côte à Bras - Parcelle AH83 (Deg 03/2023) 85.00 €

Champagne Marie-Courtin — Champagne 2016 Champagne AOC Pinot Noir Extra Brut "Concordance" 79.00 €

Benoît Lahaye — Champagne 2009 Champagne AOC Grand Cru Brut Nature "Le Jardin de la Grosse Pierre" (Deg.: 12/11/2013)

Bollinger — Champagne Champagne AOC Brut "PN AYC18" (Deg.:01/2023) Up to 125.00 €

J.L.Vergnon — Champagne 2011 Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut "MSNL" (Deg.: 29.09.2022) 75.00 €

Eric Rodez — Champagne Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut "Blanc de Noirs" (Deg.:09/2023) 74.00 €

Champagne Marie-Courtin — Champagne 2017 Champagne AOC Pinot Noir Extra Brut "Concordance" 79.00 €

Champagner Lallier — Champagne Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut "Ouvrage" (Deg.:02-2023) Up to 125.00 €

Champagne Guiborat — Champagne 2019 Champagne AOC Mardeuil Dosage zero "Prohibition" (Deg.:09/2023) 52.00 €

Champagne Marie-Courtin — Champagne 2017 Champagne AOC Pinot Noir Extra Brut "Efflorescence" 66.00 €

Marie Copinet — Champagne Champagne AOC Brut Nature "Argilla Villonissa" 69.90 €

Eric Rodez — Champagne Champagne AOC Grand Cru Dosage zero 79.00 €

Philipponnat — Champagne 2016 Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut "1522" (Deg.: 10/2022)

Marie Copinet — Champagne Champagne AOC Chardonnay Brut Nature "Nos pas dans ... la craie" (Deg.: 07/2023) 49.90 €

Champagne Marie-Courtin — Champagne 2018 Champagne AOC Chardonnay Extra Brut "Éloquence" 80.00 €

Bollinger — Champagne Champagne AOC Brut "Special Cuvée" Up to 60.00 €

Bollinger — Champagne Champagne AOC Brut Rosé Up to 75.00 €

Champagne Laurent Lequart — Champagne Champagne AOC Extra Brut Cuvée "Prestige" 90 WP excellent 54.80 €

Champagne Laurent Lequart — Champagne 2018 Champagne AOC Extra Brut (Deg.:10/2023) 90 WP excellent 69.80 €

Champagne Piollot — Champagne 2019 Champagne AOC Brut Nature "Come des Tallants" 52.00 €

Champagne Gremillet — Champagne Champagne AOC Brut "Cuvée Évidence" 56.00 €

Champagne Jean Josselin & Fils — Champagne 2018 Champagne AOC Extra Brut "Les Blancs" (Deg.: 09/2023) 54.50 €

Champagne Jean Josselin & Fils — Champagne 2020 Champagne AOC Extra Brut "Alliance" (Deg.: 09/2023) Up to 45.50 €

Tarlant — Champagne 2016 Champagne AOC Brut Nature "Zero" (Deg.: 22.02.2022) 53.00 €

Champagne Laurent Lequart — Champagne 2019 Champagne AOC Pinot Meunier Extra Brut (Deg.:10/2023) 89 WP very good 47.00 €

Eric Rodez — Champagne Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut "Cuvée des Crayères" 59.00 €

Champagne Gremillet — Champagne Champagne AOC Brut Blanc de Noirs 33.50 €

Champagne Gremillet — Champagne Champagne AOC Dosage zero 33.50 €

Champagner Lallier — Champagne Champagne AOC Brut Rosé (Deg.:09-2022) Up to 50.00 €

Champagner Lallier — Champagne Champagne AOC Brut Blanc de Blancs (Deg.:01-2023) Up to 60.00 €

Les Domaines Paul Mas — Languedoc Blanquette de Limoux AOC Brut "L'Eglise St. Martin "

Champagne Laurent Lequart — Champagne Champagne AOC Brut Nature "Blanc de Meunier" (Deg.:11/2023) 88 WP very good 38.00 €

Champagne Laurent Lequart — Champagne 2019 Champagne AOC Extra Brut Rosé "Saignée de Meunier" 88 WP very good 49.00 €

France Germany

Schloßgut Diel — Nahe 2014 VDP.Sekt Brut Nature Prestige Cuvée "MO" 93 WP excellent 55.00 €

Wein- und Sektgut Barth — 2017 Hattenheim Hassel Riesling VDP.Sekt.Prestige® Brut Nature VDP.Grosse Lage 92 WP excellent 70.00 €

Battenfeld-Spanier — Rheinhessen 2012 Extra Brut Vintage Blanc de Blancs 40.00 €

Sekthaus Raumland — Rheinhessen 2014 Brut Grande Cuvée "XIV. Triumvirat" (Deg.: 07/23) 92 WP excellent 54.00 €

Wein- und Sektgut Barth — 2017 VDP.Sekt.Prestige® Brut Nature "ultra" 91 WP excellent 39.00 €

Wein- und Sektgut Barth — 2019 Hattenheim Schützenhaus Riesling VDP.Sekt.Prestige® Brut Nature VDP.Erste Lage 90 WP excellent 42.00 €

Weingut May — Franconia/Franken 2018 Retzstadt Langenberg Silvaner Brut Nature (Deg. Oktober 2023) 90 WP excellent 33.00 €

Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl GmbH — Brut Blanc de Blancs "Prestige" 34.00 €

Sekthaus Raumland — Rheinhessen 2014 Réserve Extra Brut "Blanc de Blancs" (Deg.: 02/23) 90 WP excellent 39.00 €

Sekthaus Raumland — Rheinhessen 2014 Hohen-Sülzen Kirchenstück Brut Nature Réserve (Deg.: 02/23) 90 WP excellent 39.00 €

Sekthaus Raumland — Rheinhessen 2014 Brut Réserve "Rosé" (Deg.: 04/23) 90 WP excellent 30.00 €

Wein- und Sektgut Barth — Riesling VDP.Sekt Extra Brut 89 WP very good 18.00 €

Weingut Greiner — Baden 2020 Brut Nature Zero Dosage 89 WP very good 25.00 €

lichti & astroh GbR — 2020 Brut Nature Rosé 89 WP very good 20.00 €

Oliver Zeter — 2019 Chenin Blanc Brut Blanc de Blancs (Deg.:06/2023) 89 WP very good 27.00 €

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2021 Brut Blanc de Noirs (Deg.: 03/24) 19.00 €

Weingut Hubertus M. Apel — Mosel Elbling Brut Nature Reserve (Deg.: 03/24) 89 WP very good 26.50 €

Weingut Peter Jakob Kühn — 2019 Brut Nature "Blanc de Blancs" 89 WP very good 25.00 €

Weingut Franz Keller — Baden 2018 Brut "Pinot Rosé" (Deg. 05/2022) 89 WP very good

Weingut am Stein - Ludwig Knoll — Franconia/Franken 2018 Brut Nature "Ludwig's" Pinot Rosé 89 WP very good 35.00 €

Schloßgut Diel — Nahe 2020 VDP.Sekt Brut "Pinot de Diel" (Deg.: 09/2023) 89 WP very good 18.00 €

Oberkircher Winzer eG — Baden 2014 Brut Nature "Cuvée Royal" 89 WP very good 14.90 €

Sekthaus Raumland — Rheinhessen 2018 VDP.Sekt Brut Cuvée "Marie-Luise" (Deg.: 02/23) 89 WP very good 25.00 €

Weingut Weishaar — Baden 2022 Brut Nature Crémant Rosé (Deg.: 12.01.2024) 88 WP very good 15.90 €

Wein- und Sektgut Barth — VDP.Sekt Brut Pinot Rosé 88 WP very good 21.00 €

Weingut Fürst Löwenstein — Franconia/Franken 2017 Silvaner Brut 88 WP very good 14.50 €

Oliver Zeter — 2021 Brut Rosé "La Belle Rose" (Deg.: 02/2024) 88 WP very good 19.00 €

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2021 Brut Rosé (Deg.: 04/24) 19.00 €

Weingut Peter Jakob Kühn — 2019 Riesling Brut Nature 88 WP very good 25.00 €

Weingut Rinke / Rinke-Weine — Mosel 2020 Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs 88 WP very good 17.50 €

Stiftsweingut Frank Meyer — 2020 Extra Brut Pinot Blanc de Noir 88 WP very good 14.50 €

Weingut Im Weinegg KG — Hochheim Hölle Riesling Brut (Deg.: 22.09.2023) 88 WP very good 24.50 €

Oliver Zeter — 2020 Brut Rosé "La Belle Rose" (Deg.: Januar 2023) 88 WP very good 19.00 €

Sekthaus Raumland — Rheinhessen 2018 Brut Nature Cuvée "Katharina" (Deg.: 04/23) 88 WP very good 25.00 €

Sekt- und Weinmanufaktur Stengel — trocken Rosé "MY - First Edition" 88 WP very good 23.90 €

Italy

Sektmanufaktur Winkler — V.S.Q. Extra Brut "Lamm N°12" (Deg.: 08/23) 91 WP excellent Up to 50.00 €

Sektmanufaktur Winkler — V.S.Q. Extra Brut Rosé "Anna-Katharina N°15" (Deg.: 08/23) 91 WP excellent Up to 150.00 €

Montris d. Martin Ramoser & Co. OHG — 2018 V.S.Q. Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs (Deg.: 05/23) 90 WP excellent

Weingut Hartmann Donà — V.S.Q. Extra Brut "Blanc de Rouge" Up to 30.00 €

Sektkellerei ARUNDA — 2017 Südtirol / Alto Adige DOC Riserva Extra Brut (Deg.:06/23) 90 WP excellent 31.00 €

Lorenz Martini — 2019 Südtirol / Alto Adige DOC Riserva Pas Dosé "Comitissa" (Deg.:2023) 30.00 €

Weingut Pföstl - Privatweingut "Weinliab" — 2018 Südtirol / Alto Adige DOC Brut "Valpitan" (Deg.:06/22) 25.70 €

Terre di Cerealto — Veneto V.S.Q. Extra Brut "Laisé"

Azienda Agricola Bredasole — Lombardy Franciacorta DOCG Brut Nature

Kellerei St. Pauls — 2016 Südtirol / Alto Adige DOC Pas Dosé "Praeclarus" (Deg.:04/23) 89 WP very good 29.00 €

Kellerei Meran — 2019 Südtirol / Alto Adige DOC Riserva Brut "36" (Deg.: 09/23) 89 WP very good

Col Sandago — Veneto 2021 Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene DOCG Superiore Brut Nature "Antico" 88 WP very good Up to 16.00 €

Col Sandago — Veneto 2022 Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene DOCG Superiore Extra Brut "Costa dei Falchi" 88 WP very good Up to 20.00 €

Col Sandago — Veneto Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene DOCG Superiore Brut "Vigna del Cuc" 88 WP very good Up to 16.00 €

Col Sandago — Veneto 2022 Brut "Wildbacher" Rosé 88 WP very good Up to 20.00 €

St. Quirinus — 2019 Brut Rosé "Q" 88 WP very good 27.90 €

Kellerei St. Pauls — Südtirol / Alto Adige DOC Brut "Praeclarus" (Deg.:04/23) 88 WP very good 22.00 €

Erste+Neue — 2022 V.S.Q. Brut "Puntay Peak Nat" 88 WP very good 21.50 €

Sektkellerei ARUNDA — Südtirol / Alto Adige DOC Extra Brut "Blanc de Blancs" (Deg.:04/23) 88 WP very good 29.00 €

Sektkellerei ARUNDA — Südtirol / Alto Adige DOC Extra Brut "Perpetuum" (Deg.:02/23) 88 WP very good 33.00 €

Sektkellerei ARUNDA — V.S.Q. Brut "Excellor " Rosé (Deg.:06/23) 88 WP very good 31.00 €

Weingut Schmid Oberrautner — 2017 "Villa Schmid" 88 WP very good 16.50 €

Austria

Weingut Ebner-Ebenauer — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich Zero Dosage Cuvée "Courage" (Deg.: 21.08.2023) 82.00 €

Weingut Schloss Gobelsburg — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2012 Langenlois Sekt g.U. Grosse Reserve Extra Brut "Vintage" (Deg.: 11/22) 91 WP excellent 79.00 €

Gut Hardegg — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2019 Sekt g.U. Grosse Reserve Brut 89 WP very good 22.30 €

Weingut Schloss Gobelsburg — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich Sekt g.U. Brut "Blanc de Blancs" (Deg.: 12/22) 89 WP very good 31.00 €

Weingut Fred Loimer — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich Sekt g.U. Reserve Extra Brut (Deg.: März 2024) 24.00 €

Gut Hardegg — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2019 Sekt g.U. Grosse Reserve Brut rosé 88 WP very good 22.30 €

Hammer Wein Rust - Mag. Markus Hammer — Burgenland 2021 "ZERO" 88 WP very good 18.00 €

Weingut Schloss Gobelsburg — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich Sekt g.U. Reserve Brut Rosé (Deg.: 05/23) 88 WP very good

Weingut Schloss Gobelsburg — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich Sekt g.U. Reserve Brut (Deg.: 05/23) 88 WP very good 25.00 €

Other countries

Hummel Pincészet - Weingut Hummel — Südliches Transdanubien 2020 Villány-Siklós Brut Nature Rosé "Pryxx" (Deg.: 04-09-2023) 88 WP very good 23.90 €

Palacios Vinos de Finca — La Rioja 2017 D.O.Ca Rioja Reserva Brut Nature "Lìa by Nivarius" 88 WP very good 35.00 €

	100 WP unique Wines that can only be made differently, but not better.
	95-99 WP great World-class wines whose depth, complexity, character and expressiveness give an unforgettable, sensual experience.
	90-94 WP excellent First class wines that are among the best of their kind. They are characterized by purity, harmony, depth and character.
	85-89 WP very good Remarkable wines with personality, expression, as well as a certain complexity and depth. They deserve every wine lover's attention.
	80-84 WP good Clean, harmonious, at best typical wines.
	75-79 WP passable
	70-74 WP schwach
	60-69 WP insufficient
	50-59 WP unacceptable

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Celebrate, but do it right!

The best sparkling wines for the European Championships

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100 WP unique

95-99 WP great

90-94 WP excellent

85-89 WP very good

80-84 WP good

75-79 WP passable

70-74 WP schwach

60-69 WP insufficient

50-59 WP unacceptable