Sparkling wines beyond Champagne offer more than a cheaper route to the same experience. A floral Asti, an apple-scented Prosecco and a savoury, l
Continue ReadingChampagne Explained: Its Regions, Grapes, Production, and Quality
Champagne explained through a label can sound deceptively simple: a place, perhaps a vintage, and a word such as Brut. Each answers a different qu
Continue ReadingHow Sparkling Wine Is Made: Traditional, Tank, Transfer, and Other Methods
How sparkling wine is made explains much more than the bubbles. A fresh, floral wine and a savoury, biscuit-scented one may both fizz enthusiastic
Continue ReadingSparkling Wine Explained: Champagne, Prosecco, Cava, and Asti
A sparkling wine's bubbles tell you that gas has been kept in the wine. They don't tell you whether it should taste of fresh pear, fragrant gr
Continue ReadingSparkling, Sweet, Rosé, and Fortified Wines Explained
Pink tells you a colour. Bubbles tell you about dissolved gas. Fortified tells you that alcohol was added. Sweet tells you about sugar. Put those
Continue Reading
