That we know!
We also know that champagne is on the expensive side of sparkling wine, but if we like champagne, wouldn’t it be good to know what sparkling wine to select, if we want our sparkling wine to have some of the champagne characteristics, or a similar profile, but with a fraction of its price?
Sparkling wine is a complex subject that takes more than a few pages to fully comprehend, but in this article we will briefly discuss a small group of sparkling wines and touch on their differences and specific profiles. However, I am a strong believer that one should drink what one’s heart desires and not get side-swiped by prestige, price, others’ personal preferences, or marketing trends.
Let’s not Confuse Sparkling Wines and Call them all Champagne!
Champagne is a wine region, located in the northeastern part of France about 100 miles from Paris. Champagne’s major concentration of vineyards are within its five sub-regions, but the most three famous, which are close to the major production centers of Reims and Epernay are: Montagne de Reims, Vallée de la Marne and the Côte des Blancs.
Historically, the first sparkling wine was produced in Champagne with a unique wine-making method known as “Method Champenoise” and so Champagne pioneered the sparkling wine production that has been modeled after in many parts of the world, which led to the name change from “Methode Champenoise” to “Methode Traditionelle” which translates to “ Traditional Method”. Years later, new
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