Wine

Champagne Brut?is dry, sparkling wine from the Champagne region of northern France. Champagne of any color can be brut, both the standard white and?Ros?. It is made from the classic?Champagne...

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...

The term?Champagne Blend?refers to one of the world's most distinctive wine styles ? the sparkling wines made from?Pinot Noir,?Chardonnay?and?Pinot Meunier?that are most famously associated with the Champagne region of northern...

Although the vines in Urville were originally planted by the Romans 2000 years ago, it was Saint Bernard, founder of Clairvaux Abbey, who had our cellars built in 1152. Seven...

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...

A country viewed by many as the home of fine wine, it is almost unique in terms of how embedded food and wine is in the nations culture. Given the...

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,...

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...

France is renowned across the globe for its quality wines and the careful expertise which goes into making them, but what is truly remarkable about this relatively small country is...

Known for bold reds, crisp whites and distinctive sparkling and fortified wines, Spain has embraced international varieties and wine styles while continuing to place primary emphasis on its own native...

Ribera del Duero?is gaining ground with its single varietal Tempranillo wines, recognized for their concentration of fruit and opulence.?Priorat, a sub-region of Catalonia, specializes in bold, full-bodied red blends of...

The estate today is the fruit of the Zonin family?s vast capital of experience, knowledge and love for the vine. Purchased in 1985, it now covers 186 hectares, of which...

It takes its name from the medieval stronghold that dominates it, and which once belonged to the noble Bun?is family. Its northern part is today still referred to, in dialect,...

The Freixenet cava business started in 1914. Pere Ferrer Bosch was the son of "La Freixeneda", the family estate located in the Alt Pened?s region since the XIIIth century. Right...

Casal Garcia Sparkling White 750 ML Casal Garcia Sparkling White 750 ML

The company's activity includes the production of its own grapes with 50 hectares planted with vines, the transformation, in its own vinification site, of about 50.000 quintals of grapes also...

The fruit for each Caposaldo wine is hand harvested from prime growing areas in the classic Italian wine regions of Tuscany, the Veneto and Lombardy. Modern scientific techniques are used...

The story began in 1973, when Bonaventura Maschio turned his family?s century-old distillery into a winery that even then was state-of-the-art in terms of its technology and production methods. It...

The De Zan and the Candoni families have been involved in winemaking since the late 1800?s.?After having lived in the U.S. for 12 years, Armando De Zan, Elviana Candoni and...

When he founded his wine merchant business under the label "Clicquot" in 1772, Philippe Clicquot had a clear ambition: cross all borders. He conquered Europe and then Russia in 1780,...

A superior source of white grapes for the production of Spain?s prized sparkling wine, Cava, the Penedes region is part of Catalunya and sits just south of Barcelona. Medio Pened?s...

Valpolicella Ripasso?is a fruity, complex red wine from the Valpolicella viticultural zone of Veneto, north-eastern Italy. Because Valpolicella's wines generally lean towards the lighter end of the scale, for centuries...

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,...

Buena Vista Winery has a rich, delicious heritage as the first premium, and certainly the most colorful, of all of the wineries in California. Founded in 1857 by Agoston Haraszthy,...

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...

Soave, based on the indigenous?Garganega?grape, is the famous white here?made ultra popular in the 1970s at a time when quantity was more important than quality. Today one can find great...

Nieto Senetiner is one of the oldest wineries in Mendoza?s esteemed Lujan de Cuyo, with estate vineyards in the districts of Vistalba & Agrelo, located at 3,000 ? 3,500? elevation....

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...