Sparkling

Winery Overview Franciacorta is marked by a long and deep sense of place. It references both a place of origin in name (Franciacorta is Italy?s first sparkling DOCG) and a...

Founded in 1885 by Edouard Langlois and Jeanne Chateau (hence the name), Langlois-Chateau has a rich history as one of the leading producers in the Loire Valley. In 1973, the...

Marcel Martin has become synonymous with high quality Cr?mant de Loire at an affordable price. This wine also has the distinction of being labeled ?T?te de Cuv?e,? which is produced...

Pierre-Etienne Mellot certainly could not have imagined that, in 1513, he would be the first link in a great wine-growing story! Wine-maker by trade, he laid the foundations of a...

Domaine Badoz is located in the town of Poligny, in the heart of the Jura region. Its origins date back to 1659. Winemaker Benoit Badoz represents the 10th generation of...

In 1860, Prosper Maufoux, who was a notary by trade, left his practice to give his life over to his passion for wine. He set up his own firm in...

What if we could capture style and hold it in the bottle? What if that uncompromising personality - audacious, unique, mysterious, passionate, subtle - was revealed from one bottle to...

Lucien Albrecht is one of the most distinguished and long standing brands in Alsace. Regarded as a pioneer of viticulture, beginning in 1425 when Romanus Albrecht started the winery, Albrecht...

Maison Kuentz-Bas was first established by the Kuentz family in 1795, and the domaine as we know it today was forged through a marriage that joined the Kuentz and Bas...

Alsace has been celebrated for its lovely, dry white wines for centuries. In the heart of Alsace?s finest district, the Haut-Rhin, Pierre Sparr follows a 300-year-old tradition of winemaking that...

Domaine Pfister began life in 1780 during our Revolutionary War. That seems a long time ago, until you learn that Pfister?s village of Dahlenheim was favorably noted for wine production...

BiancaVigna is an estate in Conegliano producing outstanding Prosecco. The winery is owned by two families: The Moschetta family and Cuzziol family. Elena Moschetta is the general manager of the...

?The Ravent?s i Blanc estate, which is comprised on 90 hectares of woodlands and vineyards, was founded in 1497 and has been passed on through the family to the present...

Michael Schachner is a New York-based journalist specializing in wine, food and travel. His articles appear regularly in?Wine Enthusiast,?where he is a longstanding contributing editor responsible for South America and...

Associated with luxury, celebration, and romance, the region, Champagne, is home to the world?s most prized sparkling wine. In order to bear the label, ?Champagne?, a sparkling wine must originate...

The French did not invent winemaking. They simply perfected it. For centuries, France has been producing wines that inspire poetry, awe, and wonder; wines that blur the lines between nature,...

The beautiful north-easterly region of Champagne in France is famous around the world for the production of the exquisite sparkling white wines which characterize the region. All over the globe,...

A large part of the reason for this trend is that because of climatic conditions in the Champagne region (about an hour drive northeast of Paris), only about half of...

"Lilbert makes classic C?te des Blancs champagnes of great purity, finesse and expression. The only problem with these wines is finding them, as the tiny production is eagerly snapped up...

Leclerc Briant is a trailblazing Champagne house producing wines of singular energy and nerve. Lucien Leclerc founded the winery with four hectares of vineyards in Cumieres in 1872. The business...

Established in 1812, Champagne Laurent-Perrier has a long tradition of innovation in Champagne and can be credited with many of the ideas that have defined Champagne production since the mid...

Aspect: A quite intense, brilliantly elegant, golden yellow. \nNose: Intense and rich on the nose. It opens with top notes of dried fruit, almonds and hazelnuts, with grilled or toasted...

A term typically reserved for?Champagne and Sparkling Wines, non-vintage or simply ?NV? on a label indicates a blend of finished wines from different vintages (years of harvest). To make non-vintage?Champagne,...

When it comes to wine, France stands alone. No other country can beat it in terms of quality and diversity. And while many of its Region, Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne...

Appreciated worldwide as an iconic token of celebration and luxury, sparkling wines from France come in more forms than just?Champagne. In order to bear the label, ?Champagne?, a sparkling wine...

Charles de F?re came to life in 1980 when an innovative sixth generation winemaker from Champagne, Jean-Louis, decided to start his own sparkling winery in a town called F?re-en-Tardois, just...

Roger Voss covers Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, the Loire and South-West France as well as Portugal. His passion is matching food with wine, bringing the pleasures of the table to wine...

Smoke and toast accents lace crushed raspberry, candied lemon zest and apple blossom notes in this firm, aperitif-style Champagne.

Roger Voss covers Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, the Loire and South-West France as well as Portugal. His passion is matching food with wine, bringing the pleasures of the table to wine...

The French did not invent winemaking. They simply perfected it. For centuries, France has been producing wines that inspire poetry, awe, and wonder; wines that blur the lines between nature,...

Les Mesnil-sur-Oger, about 12 miles south of Epernay, is one of 17 villages in Champagne awarded the designation Grand Cru for its superior fruit. Le Mesnil is the cooperative of...

Chardonnay?is the world's most famous white-wine grape and also one of the most widely planted. Although the most highly regarded expressions of the variety are those from?Burgundy?and?California, many high-quality examples...

Blanc de Noirs?is white?Champagne?made from the juice of black-skinned grapes. The term Blanc de Noirs means literally 'white of blacks', and is effectively the opposite of?Blanc de Blancs. The only...

A term typically reserved for?Champagne and Sparkling Wines, non-vintage or simply ?NV? on a label indicates a blend of finished wines from different vintages (years of harvest). To make non-vintage?Champagne,...

Roger Voss covers Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, the Loire and South-West France as well as Portugal. His passion is matching food with wine, bringing the pleasures of the table to wine...

With nearly negligible exceptions, three varieties are permitted for use in Champagne:?Chardonnay,?Pinot Noir, and?Pinot Meunier. These can be blended together or bottled as individual varietal Champagnes, depending on the final...

Succulent, intense, and crackling with minerality, this elegant non-vintage Champagne bursts with notes of quince, lemon curd, bread crust, almonds, fresh cut flowers and chalk. The wine fills the mouth...

Edmond Besserat founded Besserat Champagne in 1843. After Edmond, his grandsons continued to build the reputation of the house. In 1927, Edmond Besserat, a grandson of the founder, married Yvonne...

With nearly negligible exceptions, three varieties are permitted for use in Champagne:?Chardonnay,?Pinot Noir, and?Pinot Meunier. These can be blended together or bottled as individual varietal Champagnes, depending on the final...

Roger Voss covers Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, the Loire and South-West France as well as Portugal. His passion is matching food with wine, bringing the pleasures of the table to wine...