Editing Sparkling wine (section)

===Chile===
Chile produces around 12 million bottles of sparkling wine per year of which only around 1.6 million bottles are exported to overseas markets.<ref>Data provided by Vielle internationale des techniques effervescents. (www.veille.viteff.com) Accessed 31 December 2014.</ref> Although sparkling wines have been made since 1879, they have not yet established a significant place in Chile's wine portfolio.<ref name="Oxford pp 163-167">J. Robinson (ed.) ''The Oxford Companion to Wine'' (3rd ed.), pp. 163–167. Oxford University Press, 2006 {{ISBN|0-19-860990-6}}.</ref> In recent years, the [[Pais (grape)|Pais]] grape variety has been creatively employed on its own or in blends, to make modern wines that have received favorable reviews.<ref>Tapia P (2011), Descorchados, Santiago, Planeta.</ref> A rise in consumer demand and an ever-broadening selection of cool climate grapes has led to an increase in fresh and delightful sparkling wines ranging from bone dry extra brut to off-dry demi-secs, from blanc de blanc to blanc de noir to sparkling rosé. Valdivieso produce 60% of all sparkling wine in Chile. Most is inexpensive tank method fizz, but 20% is very good quality Champagne method from Pinot and Chardonnay. There is also a product made from a blend of sparkling Pinot wine and fresh handpicked strawberry pulp.