Not this time, he doesn't want to have to pull the thing apart to deep clean it (assuming he can without destroying it) nor does he want to waste good wine by painting the ceiling red with it...
@@Nicmadis Or just skip the Sodastream and build your own with proper hardware, valves, pressure gauges etc.. For some extra excitement / redundancy use a burst disk in parallel with the pressure relief valve.
When I was a kid I used to love drinking Welch's sparkling red grape juice. I've had a Sodastream for about 4 years now and I can't believe it never occurred to me to make sparkling red wine before. 🤦 I have to try this right now!
@@BuckFudweiser I have one of the powered automatic machines, not like the manual one he used in the video. I ended up getting red wine all over the place. It made a massive mess, there's still wine stains in my kitchen to this day.
Nice demo. I've done this myself with a sparkling shiraz that had lost it's sparkle. Interesting to see also that Jam Shed (available in the UK since 2017) has been re-released into Australia (where it was made, and I live) this year at AU$18 (about UK£10). Keep up the good work Clive.
so 3 auggestions. 1. try the 190 proof Everclear in the soda stream first. 2. update your Trash Kitchen playlist to Cooking with Clive and add all these new videos to it. 3. make a video of you cleaning and repairing your SodaStream.
I looked it up. CO2's solubility in ethanol is an order of magnitude greater than in water. The details are behind an Elsevier paywall, so I'm not sure what that means for fizziness. There isn't going to be much carbonic acid created without sufficient H2O, I would think.
@@redracerb18 That isn't something I am disputing. I'm just curious about how much of the CO2 would stay dissolved when Henry's Law kicks in after the partial pressure of CO2 above the liquid goes to 1 atm. The reduced quantity of water is going to mean less of an acidic content, not that you might be able to taste anything when sipping 190 proof (I've tried it, it tastes like burning). In addition, the alcohol's affinity for water could prevent the H20 from reacting with the CO2 to create H2CO3. It is a worthy experiment.
@@Markle2k I've tried sodastreaming straight ethanol before, and it works really well. The end product is extremely fizzy, it explodes into a cloud of carbonation when it hits your tongue and then the ethanol taste takes over. It's very intense, definitely recommended if only for the experience.
Australia has also been making sparkling red wines using the méthode champenoise process for a long time too; for us it's easier to get them rather than messing with Sodastream. That said, Heston Blumenthal discovered that Blue Nun white works exceedingly well with Sodastream.
I see a good video series with excellent scientific value. "How to soda stream X without spray painting your ceiling." Remember, it's only screwing around until you document the process. Then it's science.
Honestly it's as calming and absorbing as watching videos of reforging various items. Wish you all the best and I hope you'll make more of those videos. Your voice is trully calming and comforting. Cheers!
I so wanted one of those coffee maker things for xmas until I saw this video ! Now I need a 1970's farting sodastream , My wife is going to love it just as much as my mum did back in the day when as a child I used to sodastream the kitchen with all sorts of sticky drinks !!!
I am stuck in a big clive carbination distillery loop. This needs it's own channel to be fair. I don't even drink alcohol! I must admit Clive, you do make me laugh, very funny. I love your ramblings and filler. Great content keep it up. You must be well known on the Isle of Man now!
@@utharkruna1116 Judging by the taste, ever opened a fresh bottle of Heineken? And you don´t even have to wait two days to make it taste like two weeks ;)
There’s a sweet red wine, a South African Shiraz I can get easily here in Florida, called Jam Jar. It’s fairly strong at 12.5% alcohol but with a sweetness I’d expect from a 9.5% white wine. Strange stuff, probably fine if one likes sweet wines.
Nice to cook with though, I buy it for that when it is on special. Had a dozen assorted bottles when we went into lockdown, but gave them to my neighbour, as she has to have a glass of red wine with lunch every day. At 90 plus she is not going to change that habit.
My brothers Italian girlfriends dad who lived on a small holding outside Naples had plenty of bottles of home made red wine that were naturally carbonated. No need for a soda stream.
First. Two cardinal sins, chilled red wine then carbonating it! Just joking, I'm in oz and my better half and I always put our Red wine in the fridge. Also you can buy sparkling Shiraz, it's good. 😀
I know somebody who has owned vineyards and refuses to chill even her white wines, saying it's a disgrace to the flavours. Americans chill their beer excessively because they'd otherwise taste like shit (they mostly still do!) Refrigeration is a great way to hide unwanted flavours, which is easier than manufacturing a good tasting product to begin with.
But... chilling prevents the body from opening up and suppresses many of the flavours. Red wine is much better when lightly cool (12-16 c). 4c (fridge temp) is legit making the wine worse.
@@Metal-Possum No offence intended, but it's very simple really, My wife and I like our wine cold both Red and White and don't care what "experts" or others think!
Fun fact - I work with an Indian guy called Jamshed :) Soda Streams were awesome back in the 80's - the huge selection of flavours in Boots was amazing. My personal favourite was Mr. T's Knockout Punch. Cheers Clive for all the awesome content. You're a Diamond in the Internet rubble.
@@C1418OS you may have forgott to ad sugar and cream.... I just wonder thinking of the baileys, should you add the cream before or after carbonating....
Dammit Big Clive! So many reasons you're one of my fav peeps/YTers on the planet! Of course your electronics content is golden! Learn so much from that! But here I sit in Texas, drinking some cheap box red wine....and not only did I just refresh to see this vid' popup, I just so happened to pour a lil cheap "agua con gas" in my cheap red wine! ....guess the only thing left to do is cheers!!! Carry on good sir!
I remember when I was much younger in the 80s when a mate of mine decided it was a good idea to Sodastream a fully mixed blackcurrant cordial. Well... When the pressure was released it did decide the ceiling was the best place to deposit it amongst other areas of the kitchen. When his dad returned he got a super telling off. Oh what memories.
I'm considering purchasing a sodastream while they are on sale. I'm doing some research on them and ran into this beautiful video. I'm glad I can fuel my alcoholism with the device I am buying to make water that's preventing me from drinking so much alcohol. It's just good to know. I'm not sure I have the finesse to not lose my security deposit on a new ceiling color though, so I might just only do this if I am going to this man's house
Me & my father tried carbonating Welch's Grape Juice & I've never seen something explode so violently. It foamed up so fast and upon removal from machine it shot up in a purple volcano covering the ceiling something fierce!
You've got a few short videos about using a water distiller as a fermenting warmer, but I wonder if you might consider doing a full video or series of getting a distiller, wiring up a power controller on a switch to swap between distilling and warming, and then going through with a simple brew process to make a small batch of something tasty? Maybe ending it with a trip through the soda stream?
Ha ha . Excellent Work BC. Cant help thinking how strange that vid would be to a non-subscriber if it just popped up on their home screen. But us lot thoroughly enjoyed it. Great start to a weekend. Off to watch drain addict now. That was your fault too!! 😬👍🏻
Sparkling Shiraz is a unique style to Australia because of the grape's oak maturation process. Oak maturation, which helps to create great complexity, is not generally used in traditional sparkling wine. That's why sparkling Shiraz is so special and Australia has some outstanding aged examples that you won't find anywhere else.
Fizzy red wine definitely is a thing. Many years ago we had 'the only sparkling Pinotage'. It was an object lesson in "Just because you can it doesn't mean you should".
We had a favourite "carbonated red wine" as teens. It sounds like you just made some. It was called "Lonesome Charlie". Yeah, great marketting. The perfect pizza wine. And a real screw cap to save the left overs!
Down here in Australia they sell Sparkling Shiraz. Its delicious and refreshing on hot summer night. I think tastewise you would want a full bodied big tasting wine to fight the reduced flavour from chilling the wine.
The DrinkMate actually encourages you to try other things than water. Different design, so it can do a bit more. Its got controlable pressure release valves. Also, the bottle of Jam Shed didn't take a lot of gas the issue is the pressure vessal is nearing empty. Less gas in the can, less pressure. You might want to look for a hose and tank like a 5lb CO2 bottle, its cheaper to use.
"God, that's gonna get me so smashed so quickly" is probably the best way to describe how well you did with the carbonation 😂
"Not to worry!"
I was just about to leave that exact same comment 😂
I almost said the same thing too
😋😂
I can imagine this being very very yummy
It isn’t champagne unless the soda stream is from the champagne region of France.
"else, It's just a sparkling soda dispenser." ;)
love this lol
lol
And it has to have particular variety of carbon and oxigen atoms
@@mikenco innit
Friendly beardy guy with red wine and a sodastream.
It's like watching a lavalamp, but better.
I even read this in my mind with Clive's positive voice
Like sitting near a crackling fireplace, watching a lava lamp, with a Scottish accent. Just so many good things going on.
I’m just sitting here wondering if his three shades of beard is natural or dyed! 😂🤣😂
Next time on bigclive, let's carbonate a lava lamp
@@Matt_Aquila The more things read in Clive's voice, the better.
Bet no wine expert has every said...fine head on this red
They might have, but not while talking about wine :)
Some obscure wine taster may have randomly decided to call some feature of red wine "head", as they have already used many other body parts.
@@Radu93Z lmao
Maybe, maybe not. Sparkling red wine does exist.
@@Radu93Z they are wine experts , do you think anyone is willing to give them head ?
We will always wait for you Clive... especially when things can go wrong!
Sodastream need to release a ruggedised 'off road' version which is rated to carbonate anything, including molten steel.
I think clives channel is one of my favorite on RUclips because it's just so wholesome, there's little to no editing and he's allways so polite 😊
One of the things that I like about Clive is that he's so calm.
@@DavidCowie2022 Litteraly tho I allways watch him before bed 😂 I hope that doesn't sound werd 😂😂😂
Not so calm when he tested the taser :-) ruclips.net/video/iDJp2tHmEQo/видео.html
Also, he says things like: wee bit and other wonderful words! :)
Between Jager and red wine, I just might be able to justify purchasing a soda stream now.
Cheers! 🍷
Every time Clive starts a video with "It's time to...", I'm immediately on board, no matter what it is.
"Do it properly in a controlled manner." Boo, this is Big Clive I came expecting chaos and calamity with these experiments.
Not this time, he doesn't want to have to pull the thing apart to deep clean it (assuming he can without destroying it) nor does he want to waste good wine by painting the ceiling red with it...
Wonder if there is a way to add a fine adjustment release valve to it, to streamline the process.
@@Nicmadis Or just skip the Sodastream and build your own with proper hardware, valves, pressure gauges etc.. For some extra excitement / redundancy use a burst disk in parallel with the pressure relief valve.
Let's watch @electroboom do it.
Watching Clive make and drink fizzy wine is still more entertaining and educational than anything that has been on British TV for the past decade
Every few months I come around these videos and I've never been disappointed.
used to watch "will it blend?" but i find your "will it carbonate?" videos just as entertaining.
When I was a kid I used to love drinking Welch's sparkling red grape juice.
I've had a Sodastream for about 4 years now and I can't believe it never occurred to me to make sparkling red wine before. 🤦
I have to try this right now!
How'd it go?
@@BuckFudweiser I have one of the powered automatic machines, not like the manual one he used in the video.
I ended up getting red wine all over the place.
It made a massive mess, there's still wine stains in my kitchen to this day.
@@C1418OS oh geez... That sounds eventful.
Nice demo. I've done this myself with a sparkling shiraz that had lost it's sparkle. Interesting to see also that Jam Shed (available in the UK since 2017) has been re-released into Australia (where it was made, and I live) this year at AU$18 (about UK£10). Keep up the good work Clive.
Clive, I’m happy to say your videos are getting much better. No more cheap electronics on the table. 👍⭐️
GF won't let me play "will it Sodastream"" since anything other than water invalidates the warrantee. Spoilsport.
@From My Ashes RisenRebornRedeemed Yeah, but if he likes her it's also an option to get another Sodastream 🤔.
"GF won't let me"
Well, see, there's your problem right there. Classic case of ballsinpurseitis.
Now I know what happened after Atlas shrugged. @@AtlasReburdened
Whenever my GF plays fun police I just stare at her while doing exactly what she says not to....I enjoy my own company well enough.
buy a second one....or return the GF under warranty for and exchange lol.
0:45 "But some of us are foolish." I hit Like as soon as he said that.
so 3 auggestions.
1. try the 190 proof Everclear in the soda stream first.
2. update your Trash Kitchen playlist to Cooking with Clive and add all these new videos to it.
3. make a video of you cleaning and repairing your SodaStream.
I looked it up. CO2's solubility in ethanol is an order of magnitude greater than in water. The details are behind an Elsevier paywall, so I'm not sure what that means for fizziness. There isn't going to be much carbonic acid created without sufficient H2O, I would think.
@@Markle2k its 5% water
@@redracerb18 That isn't something I am disputing. I'm just curious about how much of the CO2 would stay dissolved when Henry's Law kicks in after the partial pressure of CO2 above the liquid goes to 1 atm. The reduced quantity of water is going to mean less of an acidic content, not that you might be able to taste anything when sipping 190 proof (I've tried it, it tastes like burning). In addition, the alcohol's affinity for water could prevent the H20 from reacting with the CO2 to create H2CO3. It is a worthy experiment.
@@Markle2k Diethyl carbonate, or maybe ethyl hydrogen carbonate to the rescue.
@@Markle2k I've tried sodastreaming straight ethanol before, and it works really well. The end product is extremely fizzy, it explodes into a cloud of carbonation when it hits your tongue and then the ethanol taste takes over. It's very intense, definitely recommended if only for the experience.
Another brilliant informative video... Clive please don't stop these videos....
Australia has also been making sparkling red wines using the méthode champenoise process for a long time too; for us it's easier to get them rather than messing with Sodastream. That said, Heston Blumenthal discovered that Blue Nun white works exceedingly well with Sodastream.
I love how this video is riddled with don'ts that seem to have come from past experiences that were nothing short of hilarious.
I see a good video series with excellent scientific value. "How to soda stream X without spray painting your ceiling."
Remember, it's only screwing around until you document the process. Then it's science.
Honestly it's as calming and absorbing as watching videos of reforging various items. Wish you all the best and I hope you'll make more of those videos. Your voice is trully calming and comforting. Cheers!
I started some "trash wine" today. They are not kidding when they call it turbo yeast.
Yeah it bubbles like a Jack oozy
Just use champagning yeast instead. It's not worth it dude.
Yeah, it's fast.
@@trabant3060 I may not be intending to leave it in it's as fermented form.
@@chinanorthairguns I didn't say it doesn't work but turbo throws out tons of non-alcoholic chemicals that give you the king of hangovers.
Dear sir, I came for the electronics exploration, I stayed for the fizzy wine. Just wanted to say, love your work.
I so wanted one of those coffee maker things for xmas until I saw this video ! Now I need a 1970's farting sodastream , My wife is going to love it just as much as my mum did back in the day when as a child I used to sodastream the kitchen with all sorts of sticky drinks !!!
PS I think there should be a BigClive Carbonation sticker for the sodastream
Thank you for your service Clive. Doing the hard science for the benefit of future generations.
Dammit Clive, now I'm going to have to try this!.. Shuuush, don't tell my wife!
I am stuck in a big clive carbination distillery loop. This needs it's own channel to be fair. I don't even drink alcohol!
I must admit Clive, you do make me laugh, very funny. I love your ramblings and filler. Great content keep it up. You must be well known on the Isle of Man now!
Your wild-eyed thumbnail pic looks like real-life drunk Rick bursting into Morty's room at 3AM with his new red wine invention.
The MAINS is shorted to THE USB PORT MORTY
This channel is such a gift.
But can you re carbonate 2 day old flat lager?
Ps. Have you tried fizzing up one of Ralph’s fime malt whiskeys?
Mmmmm
If the whiskey is off limits.. surely the whisky is ok?
Why would you even have 2 day old flat lager ?
@@utharkruna1116
Ummm.. in case of medical emergency 🆘
@@utharkruna1116 Judging by the taste, ever opened a fresh bottle of Heineken? And you don´t even have to wait two days to make it taste like two weeks ;)
wow, no echo at all! Great job setting up those acoustic foam panels!
'Jam Shed' sounds like quite possibly the worst euphemism I've ever heard and it's almost as if you didn't fancy a lovely new pink ceiling 😅
Jam Shed sounds a bit like Cockpit.
It just reminds me too much of mis-spent youth watching Spaceballs surrounded by a pile of empty cider and lager cans
@@H3xx99 right there, that sounds like experience talking
@@penfold7800 you ever been in a cockpit before?
@@penfold7800 Jam shed and Cock Pit sound like Watchmen villains.
You are a true innovatör, Clive. I salute you!
I wonder what your brother would think of carbonated JamShed wine out of a glencairn. Good Christmas present actually.
Your skill at doing this procedure hints at possibly a great many bottles not wasted in perfecting the gas release technique...
There’s a sweet red wine, a South African Shiraz I can get easily here in Florida, called Jam Jar. It’s fairly strong at 12.5% alcohol but with a sweetness I’d expect from a 9.5% white wine. Strange stuff, probably fine if one likes sweet wines.
Well.. some people like grape juice.. some people like chewing grape-seeds
Nice to cook with though, I buy it for that when it is on special. Had a dozen assorted bottles when we went into lockdown, but gave them to my neighbour, as she has to have a glass of red wine with lunch every day. At 90 plus she is not going to change that habit.
You do the lord's work Clive! Thank you!
My brothers Italian girlfriends dad who lived on a small holding outside Naples had plenty of bottles of home made red wine that were naturally carbonated. No need for a soda stream.
How do you get the farting noise
Bubbling change. Gorgeous
Jamshed is also a Pakistani first name. Unlikely the wine is named after the owner, though
Aye.. usually wine is made from grapes.
Thank god he didn’t try and carbonate the Pakistani version of Jamshed.
i just love your dedication to science, so that we may all benefit. :)
Not sure if I would try it with my sodastream spirit one touch where I can only decide with 1, 2 and 3 how much mess I want.
You got a great voice for these vids :P the calmness mixes well with the shear insanity of carbonating booz !
First. Two cardinal sins, chilled red wine then carbonating it! Just joking, I'm in oz and my better half and I always put our Red wine in the fridge. Also you can buy sparkling Shiraz, it's good. 😀
I know somebody who has owned vineyards and refuses to chill even her white wines, saying it's a disgrace to the flavours. Americans chill their beer excessively because they'd otherwise taste like shit (they mostly still do!) Refrigeration is a great way to hide unwanted flavours, which is easier than manufacturing a good tasting product to begin with.
But... chilling prevents the body from opening up and suppresses many of the flavours. Red wine is much better when lightly cool (12-16 c). 4c (fridge temp) is legit making the wine worse.
Another Ozaphile here, I agree with the sparkling shiraz comment! (and chilling reds a touch...)
@@Metal-Possum No offence intended, but it's very simple really, My wife and I like our wine cold both Red and White and don't care what "experts" or others think!
@@TheJohn8765 " No offence intended. My wife and I like our wine cold both Red and White. Others can drink their wine how they want!
Quote of the day....."Some of us are foolish",
Clive, that really should be some of us are adventurous !!
Take care fella,
Regards Steve
Well, at least this time you didn't end up with bottled turd... :P
Fun fact - I work with an Indian guy called Jamshed :)
Soda Streams were awesome back in the 80's - the huge selection of flavours in Boots was amazing. My personal favourite was Mr. T's Knockout Punch.
Cheers Clive for all the awesome content. You're a Diamond in the Internet rubble.
Could you do a teardown of the sodastream, just in case someone needs to clear a blocked safety valve.
Great video, as always :)
I like how you say, ''when'' we do this. You know your audience all too well
Suggestion, and it's a weird one:
Try carbonating tea or coffee.
Bubble coffee... I'm strangely ok with this.
From what I hear it develops a very unpleasant bitterness, far beyond the normal bitterness of tea/coffee.
I just tried it out with a strong cup of iced Earl Grey and it wasn't the worst carbonated beverage I've ever tasted, but it was pretty damn close. 😖
@@C1418OS you may have forgott to ad sugar and cream.... I just wonder thinking of the baileys, should you add the cream before or after carbonating....
@@Nicmadis I am an absolute coffeeholik and tried my share of variatoons on coffee, but somehow that sounds weird even to me....
Dammit Big Clive! So many reasons you're one of my fav peeps/YTers on the planet! Of course your electronics content is golden! Learn so much from that! But here I sit in Texas, drinking some cheap box red wine....and not only did I just refresh to see this vid' popup, I just so happened to pour a lil cheap "agua con gas" in my cheap red wine! ....guess the only thing left to do is cheers!!! Carry on good sir!
That beard dye is starting to look a little more weird as time goes by :)
Leave him alone, troll
@@NyanyiC #notatroll
If tannins are the enemy of carbonation, then you picked the right red there. Jamshed is the sweetest shiraz I've ever tried.
3:26 😂 From *every* orifice?!
They says they's some folk even do it for money.
Given other uses of that phrase, I would have guessed also eyes, ears, the bottom 2 or 3, plus many sweat glands.
Yes including eye sockets and ears.
Yeah...good advice to release the pressure slowly...I already have way too much stuff exploded all over my ceiling ;)
yay ... totaly nuts not why im here ... but yes I watched until the end ... Sad no fire and no explosion Clive is letting us Down LOL
I use Drinkmate's Soda maker, their system apparently allows you to carbonate ANY drink, whereas SS says only to fizz water.
Jayzus Clive I really want to try that now! lol Stay safe bud!
once again .. Big Clive doing science as a public service .. thank you for your selfless act
Next video: I repainted my ceiling with red wine!
This is my favourite series!
"This is going to get me smashed so quickly" - a Glaswegian's paradise?
The thumbnail is pure class.
“Not to worry” 😂
I just found my new favorite RUclipsr. 😆 Thanks for the video. It was great.
It's time for another carbonated drinky
(looks up at the stains on the ceiling & giggles like a little kid.) You to aye?
Ooooh that jam shed is a particularly delicious wine! One of my favourites, highly recommend.
For the love of god what's going on with all that assorted hair, it's a true cornucopia of mysteries!
That thumbnail is nothing short of glorious!
Big Clive. Answering the important questions in life.
10 points Clive, hope your wine hangover is not too massive today! :)
It's only half a win as we always want so see things explode Clive! :) Thanks for sharing! :)
Good choice on the wine there Clive! That's a local one to where I live.
Brilliant 👍🏼 (and glad you didn’t pause)
I remember when I was much younger in the 80s when a mate of mine decided it was a good idea to Sodastream a fully mixed blackcurrant cordial. Well... When the pressure was released it did decide the ceiling was the best place to deposit it amongst other areas of the kitchen. When his dad returned he got a super telling off. Oh what memories.
I'm considering purchasing a sodastream while they are on sale. I'm doing some research on them and ran into this beautiful video. I'm glad I can fuel my alcoholism with the device I am buying to make water that's preventing me from drinking so much alcohol. It's just good to know. I'm not sure I have the finesse to not lose my security deposit on a new ceiling color though, so I might just only do this if I am going to this man's house
I subscribed at about 6 seconds in - what a great youtuber! Thank you sir 😊
I'm glad you didn't pause.
Me & my father tried carbonating Welch's Grape Juice & I've never seen something explode so violently. It foamed up so fast and upon removal from machine it shot up in a purple volcano covering the ceiling something fierce!
You've got a few short videos about using a water distiller as a fermenting warmer, but I wonder if you might consider doing a full video or series of getting a distiller, wiring up a power controller on a switch to swap between distilling and warming, and then going through with a simple brew process to make a small batch of something tasty? Maybe ending it with a trip through the soda stream?
We in Italy we have sparkling non-sweet red wine (Lambrusco, Bonarda), no need to sodastream :-)
I like this guys voice... A lot.
Now this man is answering the real questions in life..
Nice to see the silvery scruff making a return
You seem like a man I’d greatly enjoy a drink with! I bet you tell your stories with jokes throughout
I love how youtube recomended me these videos in the right order :DDD
So many times I have heard the voice but this is the first time I have seen the face that the voice comes out of.
Ha ha . Excellent Work BC. Cant help thinking how strange that vid would be to a non-subscriber if it just popped up on their home screen. But us lot thoroughly enjoyed it. Great start to a weekend. Off to watch drain addict now. That was your fault too!! 😬👍🏻
Good, funny & informative. And for the record, Jam Shed makes an amazing base for your stock when slow roasting beef or lamb.
Sparkling Shiraz is a unique style to Australia because of the grape's oak maturation process. Oak maturation, which helps to create great complexity, is not generally used in traditional sparkling wine. That's why sparkling Shiraz is so special and Australia has some outstanding aged examples that you won't find anywhere else.
COVID-Era Clive! This is absolute gold! 🤣🤣🤣
Fizzy red wine definitely is a thing. Many years ago we had 'the only sparkling Pinotage'. It was an object lesson in "Just because you can it doesn't mean you should".
We had a favourite "carbonated red wine" as teens. It sounds like you just made some. It was called "Lonesome Charlie". Yeah, great marketting. The perfect pizza wine. And a real screw cap to save the left overs!
Please keep making more of these.
Down here in Australia they sell Sparkling Shiraz. Its delicious and refreshing on hot summer night. I think tastewise you would want a full bodied big tasting wine to fight the reduced flavour from chilling the wine.
This is an interesting twist on the Sodastream. Might make me take up drinking.
The DrinkMate actually encourages you to try other things than water. Different design, so it can do a bit more. Its got controlable pressure release valves. Also, the bottle of Jam Shed didn't take a lot of gas the issue is the pressure vessal is nearing empty. Less gas in the can, less pressure. You might want to look for a hose and tank like a 5lb CO2 bottle, its cheaper to use.