Most houses give the wine color by adding a portion of still, red Pinot Noir wine to the blend before the Champagne-to-be undergoes its second fermentation in the bottle, the one that produces the trapped bubbles.

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He also advocates other technologies still controversial: adding enzymes (to enhance wine's color) or adding microbubbles of oxygen (to speed its aging).

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