Pierre Sparr Brut Rosé Crémant d’Alsace
Sparr’s rosé crémant is 100 percent Pinot noir grown in a gallimaufry of soils. The fruit is hand harvested, whole cluster pressed, and fermented,…
Twelvish
Less potent libations
2019 Salomon Undhof Grüner Veltliner Wieden Kremstal
Salomon Undhof’s Grüner is straw yellow color, very faint, with clear rim and a perfume of apple blossom, white peach, and cut grass. It’s…
François Montand Brut Rosé VdF
Montand sources Grenache and Cinsault from various sites in France, including Gascony and the Jura, for this traditional-method sparkler that spends a modest nine…
Billecart-Salmon Brut Réserve Champagne
What a year it’s been! But this particular evening I had something to celebrate, having received my second vaccine dose and, after a few…
2019 Azores Wine Company Rosé Vulcanico Azores
Salty, surprising, and delicious
Sfriso Winery Sparkling and Still
Vivacious sparkling and still wines from a tiny Veneto winery
2018 Birichino Old Vine Cinsault Bechthold Vineyard Mokelumne River Lodi
Plummy, elegant old-vine Cinsault
2019 Domaine des Hauts Baigneux Spontané Pétillant-Naturel Blanc Vin de France
Light-hearted fizz from southwest France
2015 Pfister Blanc de Blancs Crémant d’Alsace
Organically grown crémant
2017 Eyrie Vineyards Trousseau Dundee Hills
Shimmery, piquant Trousseau noir from the Willamette Valley
2018 Wine & Soul Guru Vinho Branco Douro
Floral, woodsy white field blend from the Douro Valley
2019 André et Michel Quenard Les Éboulis de la Savoyarde Chignin Savoie
Chignan redolent of pome fruits and herbs.