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| | Sparkling wine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it making it fizzy. | | | In some parts of the world, the word champagne is used as a synonym for sparkling wine, although some prefer to reserve the word champagne for a specific type from the Champagne region of France. | | | The classic example of a sparkling wine is Champagne, but many other examples are produced in other countries and regions, such as sekt in Germany, cava in Spain, spumante in Italy, Cap Classique in South Africa. |
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| | Sparkling wine |
| | French sparkling wine not made in the Champagne region is labeled Vins Mousseux. | | | Italians call their sparkling wine Spumante, the most popular one made in a sweet style with Muscat grapes grown around the town of Asti. | | | The traditional way of making sparkling wine begins with the grape harvest, which is always early in the season, compared to the picking of still wines. |
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| | Sparkling Wine - Wine |
| | Within Europe it is illeagal to use the word Champagne to describe a sparkling wine not from the Champagne region. | | | This is the sparkling wine to serve with a special dinner. | | | The wine makers there create a lovely sparkling wine that is perfect to serve with desserts. |
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| | Sparkling Wine |
| | that this sparkling wine was fermented in the bottle in which it is sold. | | | sparkling wines, Champagnes, Sekt typically have 5.5 to 6.5 atmospheres of pressure. | | | The term champagne in the USA generically means sparkling wine. |
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| | Champagne vs. sparkling wine |
| | A sparkling wine is any wine, from anywhere in the world (including Champagne, France), that has bubbles in it; Champagne is a sparkling wine from the Champagne district. | | | Sparkling wines made by the traditional Champagne method | | | Sparklers are divided into two broad groups: (a) those made by the painstaking process developed in Champagne, and (b) wines that have gotten bubbles by being carbonated (à la cola). |
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| | Serving Sparkling Wine |
| | Sparkling wine is a great food wine, of course it goes with an elegant dish. | | | A bottle of sparkling wine will serve 2 for dinner or 4 to 6 before dinner. | | | Sparkling wine of fine quality, such as Domaine Carneros, is ready to drink when you are, but it can be aged for years (10 or more) in a cave place. |
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| | Spanish Sparkling Wine |
| | The best-known sparkling wine is Champagne, a wine produced in the Champagne region of France. | | | In fact, wines that have bubbles are all part of a broad category of wines called sparkling wines. | | | Because of very tight controls on French wine labeling, vintners outside that area are not permitted to use the word "champagne" as a synonym for sparkling wine. |
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| | Celebrating Champagne — Into Wine |
| | Sparkling wines are made the world over, but here we will explore the sparkling wines from the north of France called Champagne. | | | Although sparkling Champagne was only about 10% of the region's output in the 18th century, it was enjoyed increasingly as the wine of English and French royalty and the lubricant of preference at aristocratic gatherings. | | | For centuries the wines were still wines and were held in high regard by the nobility of Europe. |
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| | Sparkling Wine Hints |
| | Sparkling wines can be served before, during, or after a meal. | | | All wines with bubbles are called sparkling, but the most popular is champagne. | | | Bubbles are what make the flavors of sparkling wines assertive, intensifying both the sweet and alcohol flavors. |
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| | Café Metropole™ Sparkling Wine News |
| | The 'Moonlight Sparkling Wine Cellar™' was established in 2000 by Allan and Paula Pangborn to produce a small amount of high quality sparkling wine. | | | The wine can be no better than the grapes that make it and the Columbia Valley grapes are ideally suited for this type of wine. | | | The Moonlight Sparkling Wine Cellar winery is located in Kennewick in Washington state. |
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| | *Northwest Sparkling Wine |
| | On the palate the wine is powerful and concentrated and explodes with focused fruit flavors of baked apples, toasted hazelnuts, ripe plums and honey. | | | The flavors are a fresh, crisp version of white peach, ripe apple, baked pastry with a mango-vanilla-yeast bouquet. | | | This is the 3rd bottling of this wine scheduled for release in October, 2004. |
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| | Domaine Chandon Sparkling Wine and Napa Valley Restaurant, still wines, winemaking, Yountville fine dining, vineyard, ... |
| | Unlike most sparkling wines, the cuv?e for Chandon Sparkling Red begins with Pinot Noir and Zinfandel base wines that have been fermented on the skins, providing the flavor and body of a still wine with the refreshing characteristics of a sparkling. | | | Domaine Chandon, Inc. is the leading sparkling wine producer in the Napa Valley and an emerging producer of varietal wines. | | | As pioneers in California sparkling wine, Domaine Chandon has had a far-reaching impact on winemaking in the Napa Valley and is continuing to break new ground with its food-loving wines, both sparkling and varietal stills. |
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| | Entertaining with Sparkling Wine |
| | When pouring sparkling wine, the wine's natural effervescence usually prevents you from filling the glass in the first round, so it is best to initially pour a small amount into each glass, and then fill the glass in a second pour. | | | While the ‘pop’ of a sparkling wine cork is historically a celebratory sound, vigorous uncorking can cause the wine to foam unnecessarily, and often results in wine loss. | | | Sparkling wine will be shown to best advantage in tall, narrow glasses called flutes or slightly egg-shaped glasses called tulips, which show off the columns of pinpoint bubbles and concentrate the heady aroma. |
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| | Wine Whys: Sparkling Wine from Around the World |
| | Prosecco, which is also the name of the grape, is the sparkling wine of Italy made in the small town of Valdobbiadene. | | | If you are not a white wine drinker and are looking for a sparkling red alternative, this is your wine. | | | This wine is slightly richer than Champagne because it is also from a warmer climate, but its great acidity is complemented by delicious tropical fruits. |
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| | What sparkling wine fits your personality? |
| | Not all sparkling wine is champagne, of course; that name refers only to sparkling wines produced in the Champagne region of France. | | | Although they run the gamut of quality, beginning with very simple sweet wines made from grapes purchased throughout Europe, the top Sekts, labeled Deutscher Sekt or marked with a vintage or grape variety, are fabulous, racy, elegant sparkling wines that are waiting to be discovered. | | | that means sparkling wine has been opened and is about to be poured. |
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| | Sparkling Wine |
| | Be that as it may, sparkling wine is a popular drink, one of the few wine categories that showed | | | Spanish sparkling wine is generally a lot less and can be rather pleasant, and the Italian Asti Spumantes, sparkling wines made from Muscat grapes, are refreshing if your taste runs to a | | | That honored name, they say, should be reserved for the fine, sparkling wines first made in the French region of the same name, the neighborhood around Rheims, a little East of Paris. |
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| | On TV : Simply Wine with Andrea Immer : Sparkling Wine : Fine Living |
| | But sparkling wine is not just for celebrating — its versatile style is a wine to be enjoyed anytime. | | | Founded in 1976, Domaine Chandon was the first French-owned sparkling wine producer in the U.S. Sparkling wines get their bubbles through a second fermentation where yeast and sugar are added to the bottle. | | | Once opened, a bottle of sparkling wine can last up to one week as long as it is refrigerated. |
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| | Wines & Vines: Alternative closures for sparkling wine |
| | Could it be that sparkling wine closures are more reliable than those made for still wines, and TCA isn't a problem with Champagne and sparkling wines? | | | Wine and Spirits publisher/editor Josh Greene estimates the percentage of corked Champagnes he sampled last year as about 4%--right in the middle of the standard 3-5% range cited by the industry for still wines. | | | Champagne and sparkling wine producers have also experienced their share of corked bubblies. |
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| | Sparkling Wine |
| | The bottles are then topped up with a wine and sugar mixture known as the 'dosage', and then corked with the traditional champagne cork and wire tie. | | | The name Champagne is however protected by law and the term 'methodé champenoise' cannot be used for wines made outside the Champagne region. | | | Put simply, when making still wines the Carbon Dioxide produced in the fermenting must is allowed to escape - for sparkling wines it is trapped. |
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| | Book.ie - World Encyclopedia Of Champagne... ($34.64 USD, £19.20 GBP) |
| | A serious wine drinker, who reads and thinks about wine, should keep first and foremost in mind their own preferences, while also developing ability to distinguish grapes and terroir. | | | Readers could extrapolate from the copyright to the products they have available.4Extremely useful for anyone who buys sparkling wine regularlyIn 1986 Tom Stevenson released his "Champagne" and established himself as a premier expert in bubbly wines. | | | For those who both like to drink, read, and think about wine, the answer is an unreserved yes. |
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| | Basic Juice: sparkling wine |
| | FYI, nearly all red/rosé wines from Anjou-Saumur are made from Cabernet Franc (some are blended with a white grape called Groslot). | | | In short: Cremant is the term for sparkling wine made using the traditional (i.e. | | | This term is assigned to sparkling wines made outside of Champagne in the traditional method (methode traditionelle). |
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| | Sparkling Wine |
| | Sparkling wine is a perfect match for early spring greens, vegetables and fish dishes because of its lightness and aromatic qualities. | | | I am thoroughly convinced that all it will take to make sparkling wines more popular is less dryness and a public awareness of their great food affinity. | | | Sparkling wine should really be used more than it is - it makes an amazing food match up in many ways. |
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| | A wide, wide world of sparkling wine - Today: Wine - MSNBC.com |
| | Most wines in this United Nations of bubbly are made using the Champagne method, with two fermentations -- one to produce the still wine, and a second in the bottle to create bubbles with natural carbon dioxide. | | | True moscato d'Asti is carefully made and lightly sparkling, with both sweetness and acid. It is also low in alcohol, helpful during the holiday season, and balanced enough to charm skeptics of both sweet and dry wines. | | | Sekt often is made from other countries' still wine, though some is made from German grapes, usually riesling. The riesling sekts can be the most sublime, but also hard to find. |
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| | A can, and a plan, for this sparkling wine - Food Inc. - MSNBC.com |
| | Still, most sparkling wine is served in full 750 ml bottles and younger drinkers with lean pocketbooks aren't about to adorn their table with a bottle of Cristal or Veuve Cliquot. | | | For years, Champagne and other sparkling wines have been served up in 187 ml bottles (about six ounces, or a quarter of a full bottle) known among wine types as splits. | | | Unlike the drier French offerings, Coppola's wine is blended from the drier pinot blanc and sauvignon blanc grapes as well as 8 percent muscat, which gives it subtle, sweet overtones that may sit more comfortably on the palates of its target audience. |
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| | Amazon.com: Christie's World Encyclopedia Of Champagne & Sparkling Wine: Books |
| | As a wine connoisseur, I am stunned to see an unexplainable omission in this book: there is NO mention of Romania, even though it was the fourth country in the world to produce sparkling wines (btw, that's what champagne is, a sparkling wine named after the region...) after France, Russia (Ucraine) and Germany. | | | Lastly, there is a comprehensive list of all French champagne houses, including a brief description and rating, as well as a concise overview of the other sparkling wine regions in the world which, however, are not allowed to call their produce champagne anymore nowadays. | | | A fascinating first section describes the history of sparkling wine and proves beyond any doubt that it was the English rather than the French who first produced a fizzy wine. |
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| | Wine-Searcher |
| | The site provides the fastest and easiest way to find who is selling a wine, to compare prices between wine stores, and to value wines. | | | Wine-Searcher's daily updated database of 6519 wine merchants' price lists saves you money when buying wines. | | | "Free" searches are often restricted to wines from the merchants who sponsor us (around 200 retailers). |
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| | Welcome to Iron Pot Bay Vineyard -- Online |
| | It was her suggestion that a sparkling wine be made using Pinot Gris grapes. | | | Roderick Cuthbert and Kyra Hinman planted the first vines at Iron Pot Bay Wines' vineyard at Rowella in the Tamar Valley - in 1988. | | | It really is too sad that we have not come up with a better name for our Australian “sparkling” wine. |
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| | 'Little Red Riding Hood' Sparkling Wine Flying High Business Deutsche Welle 20.04.2004 |
| | The sparkling wine company is an unlikely success story from Eastern Germany. | | | But such jokes died down by 2001 at the latest, when the eastern German sparkling wine maker stunned Westerners by doing what few others had managed: It took over western German competitor Mumm, followed by yet another East-West acquisition of Geldermann sparkling wines in 2003. | | | It's been pretty much a fairy tale ever since for Rotkäppchen, the German word for "Little Red Riding Hood," even though the champagne gets his name from the red cap on its bottles. |
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| | Bloomberg.com: Europe |
| | Josep Raventos i Fatjo, the founder of Cordoniu, one of the biggest makers of the region's cava, made 3,000 bottles in 1872, using the champagne method of fermentation, in which sugar is added to bottled wine, creating bubbles. | | | Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Demand for cava, Catalonia's sparkling wine, is falling as Spaniards boycott products from a region that is seeking greater autonomy. | | | Mariano Rajoy, the leader of the opposition Popular Party, said cava is as Spanish as Rioja wine when he visited cava producers on Oct. 27, according to Efe newswire. |
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| | Absolute Press |
| | Each establishment and each wine is assessed: the establishment is given a mark out of 100, while individual wines are given up to three stars. | | | There are plenty of tasting notes on the top wines. | | | View info for Champagne and Sparkling Wine Guide |
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| | Bel Lago Vineyard and Winery |
| | Our wines are made from grapes grown in family owned vineyards overlooking Lake Leelanau and Lake Michigan where the climate and soils favor cool climate classics like Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Auxerrois and others. | | | From these, a variety of still and sparkling wines are carefully crafted for your pleasure. | | | Grown with a deep respect for the land and the place that is Leelanau, our wines reflect the soils and the climate of the beautiful Leleanau Peninsula. |
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| | Specials - Sparkling Wine |
| | $6.49 bottle / $77.88 case (net) - 'Unexpectedly complex...Stylistically it’s graceful and austere.' - Wine & Spirits, 92 points. | | | $31.99 bottle / $383.88 case (net) - 'Full-bodied, sophisticated and nicely mature, this is quite complex and distinctive in character.' - 90 points, Wine Spectator. | | | It gives a soft, round impression, then ends integrated and clean.' - 90 points, Wine & Spirits. |
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| | The Rugged Elegance Inspiration Network: Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine |
| | Stevenson's book demystifies Champagne and sparkling wine by showing readers how the wines start and how they make it to the market and onto our tables. | | | The "World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine" by award-winning wine writer Tom Stevenson offers wine lovers a prime opportunity to extend their knowledge of bubbly. | | | After digesting the book in whole or in part, readers will likely consider sparkling wine more of an everyday wine than before. |
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| | Gold Hill Vineyard |
| | Summer Solstice is a wine celebration in the El Dorado Foothills, recognizing the longest Saturday of the year by benefitting the Food Bank of El Dorado County. | | | Enjoy wine from more than 20 El Dorado tasting rooms. | | | Gold Hill's 4,000 square foot barrel room produces 2,500 cases of award winning wines annually. |
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| | Daniel Le Brun Methode Traditionnelle Sparkling Wine -- Cellier le Brun, Marlborough, New Zealand |
| | To maintain quality and consistency, a winery with an authentic underground cellar was established to allow the wines to mature in a cool regulated environment. | | | This original feature is enhanced by the winery's highly regarded consultant winemaker, Mark Inglis, whose craftsmanship and skill ensures that Daniel Le Brun wines will continue to rival the world's finest champagnes. | | | The adherence to traditional technique since the winery's inception has enabled Daniel Le Brun to become one of New Zealand's most respected Methode Traditionnelle wines, recognised for its superb distinctive style and character. |
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| | Champagne Magic.com Internet Magazine |
| | World renowned Champagne expert Tom Stevenson gives his opinion on over 1000 wines in his book "Champagne & Sparkling Wine Guide 2003/4". | | | Champagne Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve Mis en Cave 1995 (DM49.90), a fabulous, award-winning wine from top blender Daniel Thibault. | | | Wine of the month: Champagne Piper-Heidsieck Brut '92 |
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| | Gloria Ferrer Champagne Caves |
| | As part of the Cuvée Club, you'll enjoy access to exclusive wines, special discounts, plus many additional wine club member benefits. | | | These and many other sparkling and table wines now available online! | | | Sonoma Brut is one of The Wine Spectator's "Top 100" |
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| | Oakville Grocery :: Wine Sparkling Chardonnay Sauvignon Merlot Pino Noir Syrah Zinfandel |
| | Oakville Grocery :: Wine Sparkling Chardonnay Sauvignon Merlot Pino Noir Syrah Zinfandel | | | Our wine staff can personalize your gift of wine to meet your needs, do all the packing & shipping & even enclose a personalized gift card. | | | The holiday season is upon us again but instead of losing the holiday spirit to the feeling of panic from an unfulfilled gift list, give Oakville Grocery's wine departments a call. |
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