Don’t you love that warm fuzzy feeling you get after drinking champagne?
There’s a good reason why this popular drink gives us giggles and fills us with happiness.
Champagne has a surprisingly high alcohol by volume content compared to similar beverages, such as sparkling wine.
Champagne Alcohol Content
Most champagnes have an alcohol by volume content of 12.2%. It has been shown that the bubbles in champagne allow your body to absorb the liquid faster into the bloodstream.
This could make you feel the effects of the alcohol much faster than if you were drinking regular wine. In fact, this might be the reason you might feel tipsy after just one glass of champagne.
So, how much alcohol is in a glass of champagne?
The alcohol content stays the same in a glass of champagne or a bottle of champagne. For example, if a bottle of champagne contains 12% ABV, then one glass of champagne will also contain 12%.
As we mentioned above, due to the bubbles in champagne, the alcohol enters your bloodstream quickly and could make you feel tipsy after drinking just one glass.
You might be thinking ‘just one glass? I can drink one beer and feel fine! What gives?’ This is because champagne has a higher alcohol content by volume vs beer. Most beer contains 4%-7% ABV, which is significantly less than champagne.
Sparkling Wine Alcohol Content
There are many different variations of sparkling wine, each with its own ABV content.
Some have a lower alcohol by volume
