sparkling wine

Champagne Hervé Rafflin La Nature'l
Poppin’ Summer Suds
Bubbles lift you up to where you belong. They love food. They love you. They aren’t just for summer, so just because these are what tickled my fancy during the dog days doesn’t mean that they can’t sway you in...
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Residual Sugar in Sparkling Wines
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The sweetness you feel in any wine, sparkling or still, is a result of sugar that didn’t fully convert to alcohol during fermentation or sugar added post-fermentation. In sparkling wine, we refer to any added sugar as dosage.  Understanding residual...
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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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