This week’s virtual trip around the world of sparklers takes me back to France, specifically the Languedoc-Roussillon region that is renowned for great quality-price ration (“QPR”) wines. I must confess that, so far, I’ve only enjoyed Crémants (as sparkling wines produced in France, but outside of Champagne are known) from the region. The Crémant de…
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T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like – NV Graham Beck Brut
This week’s virtual trip around the world of sparklers takes me back to South Africa. Back in June I reviewed the NV Graham Beck Brut Rosé which I really enjoyed and heartily recommend. The eponymous Graham Beck was founded in 1983. The first sparkling wine was produced 8 years later in 1991. In 1994 Graham…
T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like – Great QPR Sparkling Rosé from S. Africa!
My virtual trip around the wide world of sparklers continues this week with a sparkler from Graham Beck of South Africa, which has over a three-hundred year history of grape growing. Although, until relatively recently, most of the grapes were used to make cheap distilled spirits, or grape juice concentrate of which South Africa is…
T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like – 2005 Nigl Brut de Brut
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T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like…2004 Korbel Le Premier
This week’s sparkling wine is a Korbel’s “ultimate reserve champagne”, from the 2004 vintage. Korbel, which sells the largest volume of sparkling wine (over 1 million cases) produced using the Méthode Traditionnelle, makes a very modest 1400 cases of this “prestige” cuveé. It’s unusual to see a vintage sparkler at this price point. So what’s the difference…
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T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like…Schramsberg “Mirabelle” North Coast Rosé
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T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like…NV Louis Bouillot Cremant de Bourgogne Perle d’Aurore
This week’s sparkling wine is a Crémant from the Burgundy region of France, the N.V. Louis Bouillot Perle d’ Aurore (Pearl of Dawn). It is a sparkling Rosé. Burgundy is best known for their world-class Pinot Noir and White Burgundy (Chardonnay). N.V. Louis Bouillot Cremant de Bourgogne Rosé “Perle d’Aurore” Region: France; Burgundy; Cremant de Bourgogne…
T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like…Jean Louis Denois Brut “Tradition”
Looking for a less expensive French alternative to Champagne? Look to Cremant de Limoux from Languedoc-Roussillon