A new month awaits, which means a new batch of wines for me to share with you for my Best Bottles: April Edition. If you miss the IG Live, don’t fret, all the wine details are below. You can also re-watch it on Instagram.
In my line of work, I taste A LOT of wine. And I found that tons of wines slipped through the cracks. I couldn’t possibly cover every single wine in a blog post or on social media, so I came up with the idea to highlight the ten “Best Bottles” that I drink every month. Without further ado, I bring to you my best bottles for the month of April!
J Vineyards & Winery Brut Rosé NV (Sonoma, CA) $45
A spectacularly solid sparkling from a classic (female founded!) producer in Sonoma. Last year I visited J. Vineyards & Winery for the first time and had an incredible meal in their Bubble Room aka their tasting room. J specializes in sparkling, though they make an entire line of still wines as well. This Brut Rosé is their flagship rosé sparkling that (in my opinion) is the best bubbly in Sonoma. Winemaker Nicole Hitchcock crafted this wine with all 3 champagne grapes: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier. J is one of the only wineries in the US to have a French coquard press. They are quite rare these days. They are a special press that keeps the clusters in place during the press, which minimizes skin
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