Here’s a Champagne with which few American’s are familiar. It’s the #2 selling brand of Champagne in France
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T.G.I.F. Champagne And The Like…NV Nicolas Feuillatte “Blue Label” Brut Champagne
Have you ever wondered what’s the best-selling brand of Champagne in France? Sure, all the big names in Champagne are there, but I’m thinking the average middle-class French consumer doesn’t have the coin for Moet and Mumm on a regular basis. The answer is the maker of this week’s bubbly, Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte. Feuillatte…
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T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like…2005 Iron Horse Vineyard Russian Cuvée
This week it’s another sparkler is from Iron Horse Vineyards in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma. It’s one of four Sonoma sparkling wine houses (the others being J, Korbel and Gloria Ferrer) in Sonoma County. They are a family owned winery founded by Audrey and Barry Sterling. Iron Horse produces a variety of vintage sparkling wines along with still wines (Pinot…
T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like…2004 Iron Horse Classic Vintage Brut
How about a classic vintage Brut from one of Sonoma Valley’s top family owned producers?
T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like…Elyssia Pinot Noir Brut Cava
Elyssia is separate label produced by Freixenet (pronounced ‘fresh-eh-NET) one of the largest producers of sparkling wine in the world. You may know Freixenet from their ubiquitous black Cordon Negro Cava, which is the #1 imported sparkling wine in the world. This Cava is different in that none of the grapes used in the traditional…
T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like….NV Gruet Brut Blanc de Noirs
This week’s sparkler is produced by Gruet Winery, which is based in New Mexico. New Mexico isn’t exactly top of wine when it comes to wine, much less sparkling wines, but Gruet’s lineup of non-vintage wines are very compelling as value plays. They produce vintage, and non-vintage sparkling wine, along with still wines. Gruet was…
Along The Napa Sparkling Wine Trail – Domaine Carneros
We recently took to an overnight trip up to Napa. On our agenda? Make our last stop along the Napa Sparkling Wine Trail – in our case Domaine Carneros. If you’re not familiar with the “Napa Sparkling Wine Trail“, it’s composed of five sparkling wine houses in the Carneros and Napa Valley areas. They are…
Along The Napa Sparkling Wine Trail – Mumm Napa
Mumm Napa is one of five sparkling wine producers in the Napa Valley and Carneros, that aside from Mumm, includes Gloria Ferrer, Domaine Carneros, Chandon, and Schramsberg. The five compose the Sparkling Wine Trail. Each has its own charm, and they all have wonderful sparkling wines. I’ve previously visited Gloria Ferrer (wonderful Chateau in beautiful Carneros), Chandon…