Every Monday and Thursday, we discover new wines, regions, and ways to understand this fermenting sea.
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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
Category Archives: Chardonnay
‘MERICA: Domaine Saint-Vincent Brut, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA, NV
With the sun setting and the staccato of fireworks and screams building in the neighborhood, it’s time for my palate to get patriotic. Tonight we pop fizz with Domaine Saint-Vincent’s Brut from the highland, cool nights near Albuquerque, New Mexico: … Continue reading
Ridgeview Merret Bloomsbury, Sussex 2009
I plunk a bottle on the table. “English Quality Sparkling Wine” the label proclaims. No, that is not a euphemism for beer. It is Ridgeview’s hopeful claim to the crown of Champagne. Odd though it seems, across the Channel, Southern … Continue reading
Posted in Chardonnay, EMPTIED BOTTLES, Sparkling
Tagged Belemnite, british wine, bubbly, Chalk, Champagne, Dom Pérignon, English Channel, Kenelm Digby, méthod ancestrale, Merrett, methode champenoise, Pinot meunier, pinot noir, Ridgeview, Sparkling wine, travel, White cliffs of Dover
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Chardonnay, Sevastopol Winery “Krimskoye” Semi-Sweet, “Premium Crimean White Champagne” NV
Quietly poking into the US market, like an accidental cellphone call, is the sparkler from Sevastopol Winery. It comes from Crimea: today a sub-republic of Ukraine. This peninsula, provides a funny hat for the Black Sea. If the name Crimea … Continue reading
Posted in Chardonnay, Sparkling
Tagged Black sea, bubbly, Bulgars, Champagne, chardonnay, Cimmerians, Crimea, Khazars, Krimskoye, Russian, Sevastopol, Sparkling wine, Tatar, Ukraine, wine
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