# Sparkling peach nectar - how do they make it sparkle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 20, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkling-peach-nectar-how-do-they-make-it-sparkle/460727 "2008-08-20T21:50:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkling-peach-nectar-how-do-they-make-it-sparkle/460727/1 "2008-08-20T21:50:52Z")
Following on from [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=480347) which contained a menu from the Rainbow Room. The cocktails menu lists Bellini (with ‘Juice of White Peaches and Italian Prosecco Wine’) and Sweet Annie/Maggie/Emy (with ‘Sparkling Peach Nectar and [various liquors&additives]’. What do they do to make the nectar sparkle? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkling-peach-nectar-how-do-they-make-it-sparkle/460727/2 "2008-08-20T21:52:38Z")
CO2, just like club soda. The beverage is chilled (gas dissolves in cold liquids better than warm) and exposed to CO2 under high pressure, forcing it into solution. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkling-peach-nectar-how-do-they-make-it-sparkle/460727/3 "2008-08-21T00:50:42Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] CO2, just like club soda. The beverage is chilled (gas dissolves in cold liquids better than warm) and exposed to CO2 under high pressure, forcing it into solution. [/QUOTE] I had dinner at The Mini Bar in DC and one course included fizzy grapes. We asked how they did it and that’s exactly the explanation they gave us. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkling-peach-nectar-how-do-they-make-it-sparkle/460727/4 "2008-08-21T00:54:05Z")
Fizzy _grapes_? As in the actual, whole fruit? Neat! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkling-peach-nectar-how-do-they-make-it-sparkle/460727/5 "2008-08-21T01:05:03Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Fizzy _grapes_? As in the actual, whole fruit? Neat! [/QUOTE] [Looks like it.](http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/22/carbonated.food/) I want some. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkling-peach-nectar-how-do-they-make-it-sparkle/460727/6 "2008-08-21T02:19:51Z")
mmmmm fizzy bacon ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkling-peach-nectar-how-do-they-make-it-sparkle/460727/7 "2008-08-21T03:57:54Z")
[QUOTE=runner pat] [Looks like it.](http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/22/carbonated.food/) I want some. [/QUOTE] Wow. Kinda like pop rocks, only tasty. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkling-peach-nectar-how-do-they-make-it-sparkle/460727/8 "2008-08-21T04:37:53Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Fizzy _grapes_? As in the actual, whole fruit? Neat! [/QUOTE] Yes indeed. This restuarant, the kitchen of which operates in a way not completely unlike a lab, also offers things like “watermelon air,” “cotton candy foie gras,” and “deconstructed glass of white wine.” ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkling-peach-nectar-how-do-they-make-it-sparkle/460727/9 "2008-08-21T13:41:06Z")
Okay, I’ll bite (no pun intended), what’s deconstructed wine? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkling-peach-nectar-how-do-they-make-it-sparkle/460727/10 "2008-08-21T13:45:30Z")
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger] Okay, I’ll bite (no pun intended), what’s deconstructed wine? [/QUOTE] Grape juice followed by a shot of 200-proof 'shine? ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkling-peach-nectar-how-do-they-make-it-sparkle/460727/11 "2008-08-21T13:53:59Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Fizzy _grapes_? As in the actual, whole fruit? Neat! [/QUOTE] Peeled, I would hope. Otherwise they would be just too common. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkling-peach-nectar-how-do-they-make-it-sparkle/460727/12 "2008-08-21T17:36:31Z")
[QUOTE=runner pat] [Looks like it.](http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/22/carbonated.food/) I want some. [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > “No sugar is added, [no] colors or acids. It’s just fruit.” Er, carbonic acid, surely? ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkling-peach-nectar-how-do-they-make-it-sparkle/460727/13 "2008-08-22T00:13:56Z")
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger] Okay, I’ll bite (no pun intended), what’s deconstructed wine? [/QUOTE] You know how wine snobs always talk about the components they can taste in the wine? This is a plate with a bunch of that kind of stuff, you know, a hint of blackberry, chocolate, I forget what else. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkling-peach-nectar-how-do-they-make-it-sparkle/460727/14 "2008-08-22T13:38:04Z")
[QUOTE=CookingWithGas] You know how wine snobs always talk about the components they can taste in the wine? This is a plate with a bunch of that kind of stuff, you know, a hint of blackberry, chocolate, I forget what else. [/QUOTE] Wet dog? Autumn leaves? 😛