Products tagged with Sparkling

New York was first recognized in the wine world in the 1800s for its sparkling wines… Empire Estate pays homage to that legacy. Riesling grown on the Finger Lake’s glacial, mineral rich soils produce this delightful bright, light & crisp sparkler with fin

Yes, this is red Champagne. It’s a mystery to us too. As far as we can tell, Coteaux Champenois, an AOC for still reds, apparently has no rules against the production of sparkling reds…this is maybe the first time it’s been done? Coulon is a legend, so do

Winemakers Martin Danielič and Vladimír Kuny are childhood friends who were tasting and discussing their favorite wines long before they started making their own in 2009. Their operation is tiny; they still work their day jobs, crafting these excellent na

Somewhere between a light red and a dark rosé, with a slight bluish hue. Fresh aromas of strawberry, orange peel and delicate forest floor. Those flavors come through and are joined by a gentle mineral quality. Light bodied and giggle-inducing.

Parés Baltà has been a family run winery for about 230 years - in that time they have fiured out how to make wonderful wine. This Cava is precise & delicious. Fresh, round orchard fruit, but with a long, clean, fine-mineral finish. It drinks like a great

Pierluigi Lugano’s excursion out of his natural winemaking home of Liguria… here he teams up with a colleague from the Veneto to make this exquisite Prosecco. Frizzante, so just delicately sparkling, with a silky texture and elegant flavors of silky white

Like all great Lambrusco, this stuff is dangerous! Lively in the glass, with dark raspberry fruits and a touch of clean earthiness underneath. Take this bottle over to Frankie and Vali’s to pair with a delicious slice or three.

Pinot Meunier is frequently overlooked in Champagne, but the grape is celebrated by Moussé, an organic grower family that has been making wine since 1750. The wine undergoes malo, imparting deep red fruits and a subtle salty backbone.

Pale sunshine yellow color and lightly sparkling, this Moscato d’Asti has intense aromas of peaches, rose petals and ginger. On the palate it is delicately sweet and sparkling with modest acidity, good balance, good complexity and a finish of fresh apric

Jean-Claude Thévenet really built this domaine with his impeccable vineyard work and delicate winemaking. His 3 sons now work it in the same manner. This wine is made from 25 year old Chardonnay vines – lean, crisp and bone dry, but with fresh floral and

Quentin Bourse’s wines are just delicious; they somehow always strike a balance between glou glou and ”serious”…how is that even possible? He did apprentice at Domaine Huet in Vouvray, after all… These pink bubbles are lively, juicy, fresh and clean…every

A great little funky sparkler. Unfined and unfiltered, so the subtle cloudiness hints to that right off the bat. Zesty citrus rind, white flower and light nettle notes all dance above an invigorating floor of fine, but pronounced mineral.