Category: Sparkling Wine

Bottles of Dear Old Blighty: A Deep Tasting of English Wine
For the longest time, my British friends have been bragging about their wines. Not the wines they’ve been drinking, mind

Vinography Unboxed: Week of 2/6/22
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 11/14/21
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 7/18/21
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The Best Pink Prosecco for Your Fabulous Post-Pandemic Frivolity
Many of us have reason to celebrate, or will soon, as the pandemic gradually recedes from immediate concern and we

Vinography Unboxed: Week of 11/15/20
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The Doyenne of California Sparkling Wine Steps Down
After 42 vintages, 30 of which were as the founding winemaker and CEO of Domaine Carneros, Eileen Crane (seen above

Vinography Unboxed: Week of 12/16/18
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of December 24, 2017
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Why You Should Pay More for Champagne (And What to Buy When You Can’t)
Valentine’s day. Easter. Halloween. New Year’s Eve. What do all these holidays have in common? They each drive some of

Vinography Unboxed: Week of December 10, 2017
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of December 20, 2015
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50 Years of American Sparkling Wine: The Schramsberg Odyssey
The famous sign that welcomes the world to Napa Valley hosts a quote by author Robert Louis Stevenson: “…and the

Small is Beautiful: The Champagnes of Savart
The famous designers Charles and Ray Eames, in the employ of the then young company named IBM, once created a

Krug: A Quintessence of Champagne
When, in 1989, Olivier Krug became the sixth generation of his family to work at the Champagne house that bears

Drinking Time Itself: The Champagnes of Anselme Selosse
The world’s greatest winemakers almost always have something in common with their wines. This would be expected, of course, as

Tasting One Man’s Experience: The Champagnes of Agrapart et Fil
“Lots of winemakers want to have an easy life,” says a grizzled and clearly muscular Pascal Agrapart. “Not me. I

A Brief Video Lesson in Champagne Disgorgement
Compared to normal still wine production, Champagne winemaking gets pretty complicated. Once you’ve made a still wine, you put it

A Singular Expression: The Champagnes of Cédric Bouchard
When I first met the improbably youthful Cédric Bouchard six years ago on his first visit to the United States,