Cleto Chiarli, Centenario Lambrusco Grasparossa Di Castelvetro Amabile, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Tasting Note: This Lambrusco is made in a sweet style with low alcohol and from a growing area that tends to produce the most concentrated version of the grape.[Read more]
Freixenet, Cordon Negro Brut Cava NV, Catalonia, Spain
Tasting Note: Don’t be afraid of the black bottle from Freixenet, which is also the world’s largest producer of traditional method (i.e., Champagne method) wines on the planet.[Read more]
Bouvet, Signature Brut, Loire, France
Tasting Note: A lighter-styled sparkling wine that would serve as a perfect aperitif to refresh your palate before a main course meal.[Read more]
Medici Ermete, iQuercioli Lambrusco Reggiano Secco, Emilia Romagna, Italy
Tasting Note: A good sparkling red alternative for your friends who like dry red wine and your friends who enjoy the tiniest bit of residual sweetness – i.e., this wine tastes dry but can speak to the suggestion of off-dry.[Read more]
Herdade do Esporão, Vinha das Palmeiras AB Alicante Bouschet 2013, Alentejo, Portugal
Tasting Note: An Alicante Bouschet that abounds in rich black fruit flavors with delicate hints of florality running through it.[Read more]
Saint-Hilaire, Blanquette de Limoux 2015, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Tasting Note: A fun, uncomplicated, dry sparkler that affords crémant style with more comforting, ripe fruit than you typically expect in a French sparkling wine.[Read more]
Júlio Bastos, Dona Maria Grande Reserva 2012, Alentejo, Portugal
Tasting Note: An Alicante Bouschet (50%) red blend that combines lovely floral aromatics with a smooth body, and ripe, yet elegant black fruit.[Read more]
Gerard Bertrand, Crémant de Limoux Brut 2015, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Tasting Note: A spritely Crémant de Limoux that presents a riper-fruit-styled sparkling wine with an understated autolytic character while delivering substance and heft.[Read more]
Herdade Dos Grous, Moon Harvested 2016, Vinho Regional Alentejano, Portugal
Tasting Note: A silky-textured Alicante Bouschet harvested in moonlight that will soothe and delight your palate.[Read more]
Pico Maccario, Lavignone Barbera D’Asti DOCG 2016, Italy
Tasting Note: A silky, restrained and understated Barbera D’Asti that would complement many a meal.[Read more]
