Wine and Thanksgiving
Putting the vin in Thanksgiving.
So as you prepare a meal from this year’s harvest – whether of meat, fish, vegetables, grains, or fruit – complement it with an earlier year’s grape harvests.
Sparkling Wine
Lambrusco: Italy’s Effervescent Red Wine
Taste the new generation.
Lambrusco, the sparkling wine from northeastern Italy, is in the midst of a major makeover, and it’s high time to taste it again.
Pét Nat Is Coming on Strong
Alternative bubbles.
One of the big shifts in wine during the past two decades has been the rise in quality and popularity of sparkling wines. No doubt there’s a connection.
The Crémant Sparkling Wines of France
Regional fizz.
The current international market for sparkling wines is dominated by two styles: champagne and prosecco. But there’s one variety that deserves a lot more attention.
The Squeaky-clean Wines of Ca’ del Bosco’s “Berry-Spa”
Berry spa.
At Ca’ del Bosco, owner Maurizio Zanella has given “clean wine” a new meaning: workers at the winery actually wash the grapes before pressing them.
The Fabulous Future of Fizz
Sparking a wine explosion.
How do you choose when faced with champagne, cava from Spain, Prosecco or Franciacorta from Italy, sekt from Germany, Cap Classique from South Africa, and sparkling wines from England, Croatia, Chile, and hundreds of other regions?
The Case for Crown Caps: Why Some Sparkling Wine Makers Are Re-Thinking Dangerous Corks
Losing the Pop! Corks, Crowns, and Fizz.
We now know that the cork should be removed so carefully from a bottle of sparkling wine that the most you hear is a gentle hiss and that it should not become a dangerous projectile. So why seal sparkling wine with a cork at all?
