 Examples of semi-sparkling synonym terms are "Frizzante" in Italy, "Vino de Aguja" in Spain and "Petillant" in France.In most countries except the United States, champagne is legally defined as sparkling wine originating from a region (Champagne, Towns "Reims, Épernay") in France.Still wines are wines that have not gone through the sparkling wine methods and have no effervescence.