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Cost: $45.00
Other Bubbles, or “It’s Not Champagne!”
Join us for a pre-Valentine’s Day celebration of sparkling wines from around the world. For only $45, taste over 30 sparkling wines – including a couple of sparkling sakes!
Did you know that only 8% of the sparkling wines of the world come out of Champagne, France, while more than 90% is produced outside this venerable region? Many bubbles are made around the world, some using the traditional (Champagne) method, some using other methods. In some cases the same grapes that comprise Champagne – Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier – are used, but sometimes producers use other grapes – Riesling, Shiraz, for example – to create crisp, refreshing, complex, and delicious sparkling wines, and often at a fraction of the cost of real Champagne.
Additionally, changing global climate conditions are contributing to an increase in sparkling wine production in places formerly too cold to grow wine grapes. Tasmania, Patagonia, and England are three far-flung regions of the world now producing scintillating sparkling wines of depth and complexity. In the case of England, the wines are grown in the same “Paris Basin” soils of chalk as Champagne, which gives both wines their distinctive minerality and racy acidity.
On February 12, compare and contrast wines from countries around the world, including Cremant from France; Prosecco, Franciacorta and Lambrusco from Italy; Sekt from Germany; and Cava from Spain. And don’t miss the approachable New World sparkling wines from California, Oregon, and New Mexico, as well as Australian sparkling Pinot Noir, and an Australian sparkling Shiraz. We even have a couple of sparkling sakes from Japan!
Soak up the bubbles with some delicious cheese and charcuterie from our expanded gourmet department.
Purchase tickets for yourself or as a gift for the bubbles lover in your life.
WINES TO BE POURED INCLUDE:
Italy
2007 Colleluce Vernaccia di Serrapetrona, Italy
NV Le Marchesine Franciacorta Brut, Italy
2017 Pineto Brachetto D’Acqui, Italy
2018 La Spinetta ‘Biancospino’ Moscato d’Asti, Italy
NV F.Ili Bellei Pietrarossa Lambrusco di Sorbara, Italy
2017 Bisol “Crede” Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore, Italy
NV Ferrari Brut Trento, Italy
2015 Penisola Sorrentina Gragnano “Iovine, ” Italy
2012 Contratto Metodo Classico Pas Dose Millesimato, Italy
2011 Contratto Metodo Classico Brut Rose ‘For England,’ Italy
England
NV Gusbourne Blanc de Blancs, England
NV Gusbourne Rose, England
NV Chapel Down Classic Brut, England
2013 Chapel Down Brut Rose, England
France, Germany
NV Domaine Allimant Laugner Cremant d’Alsace Blanc, France
NV Domaine Allimant Laugner Cremant d’Alsace Rose, France
NV La Perle Brut Cremant de Bourgogne, France
NV La Perle Rose of Pinot Noir Cremant de Bourgogne, France
2014 Domaine Pfister, Cremant d’Alsace Blanc de Blancs, France
2014 Peter Lauer Sekt Riesling, Mosel, Germany
New World
NV Jansz Sparkling Premium Brut Cuvee, Tasmania, Australia
NV Jansz Sparkling Premium Rosé, Tasmania, Australia
2018 Bird in Hand Sparkling Pinot Noir Rose, Adelaide Hills, Australia
2015 Schild Estate Sparkling Shiraz, Australia
NV Graham Beck Brut, South Africa
NV Graham Beck Brut Rose, South Africa
2015 Schramsberg Vineyards Blanc de Blancs, North Coast, CA
2014 Schramsberg Vineyards Blanc de Noirs, North Coast, CA
NV Roederer Estate Brut Estate, Anderson Valley, CA
NV Roederer Estate Brut Rose Estate, Anderson Valley, CA
NV Gruet Blanc de Noirs, New Mexico, USA
NV Gruet Brut, New Mexico, USA
Japan
NV Dassai 50 Sparkling Nigori Junmai Daiginjo Sake
NV Nagara-Gawa Sparkling Nigori Sake
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The Wine House
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