The theme for the December Italian Food, Wine and Travel (#ItalianFWT) group of food and wine bloggers is Italian Sparkling Wines. While many are familiar with the charms of seemingly ubiquitous Prosecco, if you dig a bit deeper you’ll find the world of Italian sparkling wines is just as diverse at Italian cuisine! Here’s a quick overview…
Tag: Sparkling wine
Elevating Weeknight Fare with Crémant d’Alsace #Winophiles
With the holiday celebrations and gift giving right around the corner, this month the French #Winophiles are diving into Crémant. Our host this month is Kat Wisnosky of Bacchus Travel & Tours. What, exactly is Crémant? “Crémant” is the French term for traditional-method sparkling wines made outside of the Champagne region. This means that the second fermentation,…
Two Inviting Sparkling Wines From Argentina’s Domaine Bousquet
Thank you to Domaine Bousquet for providing these complimentary media samples. I was not compensated for this post. Opinions are my own. I’m a sparkling wine lover. I always have a bottle of sparkling wine in the fridge. In part because it’s a “life of the party” wine for me that can elevate any occasion special or otherwise. But…
Sparkling Wine Dinner Series; Ferrari Brut Paired with Creamy Seafood Risotto
Sparkling wines are the ultimate wine of choice when it comes to celebrations of special occasions. But sparkling wines are too often neglected, and vastly underappreciated when it comes to pairing them with food throughout a meal – from appetizers to dessert. I strongly believe that sparkling wine has a bigger role to play at…
No Reservations Wine Tasting: Iron Horse Vineyards
Iron Horse Vineyards, renowned for their sparkling wines, is one of Sonoma County’s most beautiful, home-grown, family-owned wineries dedicated to producing estate-bottled wine. My wife and I do more than our fair share of wine tasting. We’ve hit all the major wine regions in California (and a few minor ones too;-), along with some tasting…
Ten Favorite Under $20 Widely Available Sparkling Wines
For about a year now, I’ve been contributing to Snooth’s Wine Writer’s Series. My latest contribution to the Snooth Wine Writer series was the Holiday Sparkling Bottle Pick List. Myself and seventeen of the web’s best wine writers (not quite sure how I snuck in… but I’ll take it!) made no limit recommendations for sparkling wines for the…
Patrick Bottex “La Cueille” Bugey Cerdon Rosé #Winophiles
The December theme for the French Winophiles is “French Fizz”. Our group of writers and bloggers are exploring sparkling wine from all over France. When I saw the theme, I knew I wanted to try a new to me sparkling wine from France. But what to try? I’m a shameless Champagne whore. And I’ve had…
When Is Sparkling Wine From Spain NOT Cava?
When I think of sparkling wine from Spain, I think Cava. But Cava, while it has a reputation for offering great value, is offers no serious competition to the world’s best sparkling wines. It’s no secret that the “Cava” brand has been undermined by mediocre sparkling wines produced far from the traditional region in…
Wine of the Week;2008 Iron Horse Brut
Every Thursday I feature a wine I particularly enjoy, whether it’s something new and different, is a great value, or from a producer worth checking out. For this week, my Wine Of The Week is the 2008 Iron Horse Vineyards Classic Vintage Brut. The Winery Iron Horse Vineyards is a small, independent, estate, family owned wineries located…
My New Everyday Bubbly; Kirkland Prosecco!
A friend of mine, who adores sparkling wine, especially Prosecco, IM’d me last week. The message said “Martin go get yourself 2 bottles of Costco brand prosecco…….it will blow your mind for the price….I was just shocked”. He drinks a lot of Prosecco. That’s high praise. Since my wife and I were hosting a wine…