September 2022

Pet Nat: The OG of Bubbly
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Pet Nat. Pétillant Naturel. Naturally Sparkling. Ancestral Method. A fizzy, often funky wine that finishes fermenting in the bottle. The OG of bubbly.  Master of Wine and lovely instructor at the International Wine Center in New York City, Mary Gorman-McAdams...
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gaston chiquet champagne
Ditch Your Veuves and Get Into Grower Champagnes
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Purple Mouthed Tip: For the same price — often less — you’re going to find a much more exciting bottle, one that doesn’t ride on the price of making you a sheep, rather hard work and place. So ditch your...
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Drinking Champagne
WSET D4 – The Sparkling Wine Takeover
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Though I'm as bubble-mouthed as I am purpled, this portion of the diploma program has me on edge. I've fizzed well for years now, but never with the focus I've applied to still wines…bubbles are what got us through all...
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