7% of all wine produced in the world is sparkling, according to Vitisphere.
This is an increase of 2% since 2002. 65% of the sparkling wines come from France, followed by Italy, Germany, Spain and Chile.
As for the consumption of sparkling wine Germany tops the list closely followed by France.
The Germans drink up most of the sparkling wine they produce (called sekt) themselves. According to the German Wine Institute the Germans drank last year 335 million liters of sekt out of 420 million produced. Much of the German sekt is simple wine, sometimes with an alcohol level as low as 6%.
A small part is Winzersekt, quality Sekt from a specific region, but over 80% are made by a few large producers. If it says Deutscher Sekt on the label the wine is made from German grapes. Most of the Sekt however, is made of imported base wine made bubbly in Germany.
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