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Archive for February, 2012
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Review: Found Object Petit Verdot
Posted on February 17, 2012 | 4 CommentsI really wanted to like this wine. It has a nice label, a catchy name, and the petit verdot is just uncommon enough to make it fun and different. On... -
What is Sovetskoye Shampanskoye?
Posted on February 17, 2012 | No CommentsSovetskoye Shampanskoye, otherwise known as Soviet Champagne, was the generic term for knock-off champagne coined in Stalin’s day and produced and sold in the Soviet Union and its successor states... -
What is Cremant?
Posted on February 17, 2012 | 1 CommentCremant is a sparkling wine produced in either France (Alsace, Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Die, Jura, Limoux, or Loire) or Luxembourg that is similar to champagne in that it is produced via... -
What is Sekt?
Posted on February 17, 2012 | No CommentsSekt is the somewhat generic term that covers all decent quality German (and sometimes Austrian) sparkling wines. What I mean by decent is that all sekt must be made by... -
What is Lambrusco?
Posted on February 17, 2012 | 4 CommentsUPDATED 2/23/2012 with informaion from RethinkLambrusco.org When I first heard of Lambrusco, my mind drifted to some sort of osso bucco made out of lamb. While that sounds delicious,... -
What are Asti and Moscato d’Asti?
Posted on February 17, 2012 | No CommentsAnd here is where we start getting a little more obscure with our sparkling wines. Asti and Moscato d’Asti are similar sparkling white wines produced primarily in the Asti region... -
What is Prosecco?
Posted on February 17, 2012 | No CommentsWhat is Prosecco, other than a cheaper version of champagne often found at Trader Joe’s for less than $10, and how is it different from Cava? I’m glad you asked!... -
What is Cava?
Posted on February 17, 2012 | 1 CommentWhat is cava, other than a cheaper version of champagne often found at Trader Joe’s for less than $10? Cava is a Spanish sparkling wine remarkably similar to champagne –... -
Brut v. Demi Sec: Champagne Sweetness
Posted on February 17, 2012 | No CommentsWhen you’re checking out champagne or other sparkling wines, you often see the words like brut, extra dry, or demi sec on the bottle. If you’re like the majority of... -
What is Champagne?
Posted on February 17, 2012 | No CommentsWhat is champagne, other than bubbly, delicious, and all too frequently overpriced? There are rules to these things, and in the case of Champagne, the rules come from the Comite...
