2020 Birichino Grenache Pétillant Naturel Besson Vineyard Santa Clara Valley
This 2020 vintage pét-nat contains a small amount of the winery’s “Hommage à Georges Besson,” which is a multi-vintage assemblage in the appassimento tradition….
This 2020 vintage pét-nat contains a small amount of the winery’s “Hommage à Georges Besson,” which is a multi-vintage assemblage in the appassimento tradition….
On a sweeping tour of France in 2017, I had the good chance to visit Gosset at their gracious facility in Épernay, tasting their…
Erpacrife is located in Castagnole delle Lanze, midway between Asti and Alba. The team of winemaker-owners — Erik Dogliotti, Paolo Stella, Cristian Calatroni, and…
Medici Ermete’s 2020 vineyard-designate Lambrusco is grown organically in the Tenuta la Rampata vineyard. The wine is 100 percent Lambrusco Salamino, and fermentation is…
In 1961, friends Guido Berlucchi, Franco Zillani, and Giorgio Lanciani decided to launch a sparkling wine project: Franciacorta. This wine, a nonvintage rosé sparkler,…
Ca’ dei Zago’s vintage Prosecco is a col fondo, the ancient method that gives the wine its glitter from a second fermentation in bottle….
Firrato’s traditional-method sparkling wine is made from 100 percent Nerello Mascalese sourced from the northeastern side of Mt. Etna. It spends 30 months en…
Sparr’s Brut Réserve sparkler is a negociant wine, a blend of 80 percent Pinot blanc and 20 percent Auxerrois, hand-harvested and fermented cold in…
This dry sparkling red cider is made from an ancient red-fleshed variety, Niedzwetzkyana, originally from Central Asia. The body is candy-apple red and animated…
This extra brut traditional method wine is 85 percent Chardonnay and 15 Pinot noir, aged 24 months en tirage prior to disgorgement. The robe…
Brooks’s traditional-method Riesling is fermented in stainless steel and, when dry, is cross-flow filtered and moved to its secondary fermentation in bottle. It spends…
Founded in 1958, Mittnacht owns vineyard area in the Grand Cru Rosacker and sites in Ribeauvillé and Riquewihr. The estate was certified biodynamic in…