For the New Year all you need to remember is this:Elvis Belts Exciting Songs.That four-word mnemonic device I just created will help you remember the first and most important step of picking out a sparkling wine, how sweet it is. There's seven classifications on sparkling wine but the four common ones from dry to sweet are:Extra-Brut (Elvis): Very little sugar, not enough to make it taste sweet in the slightest.Brut (Belts): Technically supposed to taste sugarless but usually the sugar is slight