Posts Tagged ‘American sparkling wine’
Vintage Blanquette from Limoux and Sparkling from a New Mexico Winery
Sun-kissed Venice, Florida, was the setting for an elegant wine dinner I recently helped orchestrate. An acquaintance had purchased a wine collection, and he invited me to peruse the bottles and select several for a pairing dinner. The meal featured five courses and nine bottles of wine for our group of eight. My wife and…
Read MoreAmerican Sparkling Wine
Exploring the land of opportunity, the land of the brave, of the free, and the land that is producing some incredible award winning sparkling wines. America is a New World wine producing country, producing around 162 million bottles of sparkling wine per year. with their sparkling wine production increasing by 4% each year since 2008.…
Read MoreThe Bubbly Promise Of Arabilis Wines
Is there a doctor in the house? At Arabilis Wines, there are two. We doubt any winery anywhere could top the educational credentials that Allison and Kenny McMahon bring to the table. They met and completed their graduate work at Washington State University. Allison’s dissertation focused on the sensory evaluation of red wine. Kenny concentrated…
Read MoreIron Horse Vineyards – Interview With Joy Sterling
Welcome to the land of the free! Traveling out to the United States of America, we find our selves in the state of California, visiting Joy Sterling, the Partner & CEO, of Iron Horse Vineyards. In this exclusive feature on Glass of Bubbly, we’ll discover a little about her life, her journey into the industry…
Read MoreA Wine American Remembered, Rebecca Wasserman-Hone
August 20, 2021, Rebecca Wasserman-Hone passed away, leaving her British life partner Russell Hone, (her third husband). I was acquainted with Wasserman’s Le Serbet imports from the early eighties when she aligned with Christopher Cannon combining the experience of two legendary wine experts. One of my earliest professional tastings was with her American agent in…
Read MoreCline Nancy’s Cuvée – With Tuna Soufflé
As you enter Sonoma county from the south on California 121, one of the first wineries you encounter is Cline Cellars, and there could hardly be a better introduction to the Carneros AVA. Even as a young teenager, Fred Cline learned to make wine from his grandfather, Valeriano Jacuzzi (yes, he of the hydrotherapy tub, as…
Read MoreBarefoot Winery of Napa Valley
I was getting into a doldrums finding American sparkling wines that peak my interest seeking the criteria of offering well made wines and delivering pleasure, with novel packaging. A tall order to request from any winery, much less discovered at a huge production facility in a region known for boutique wineries and prestigious wines. I…
Read MoreTraverse City and Petowsky Bay, Michigan Wineries
It was a lovely early fall wedding. I was the best man for a SF roommate and his bride to be in Traverse City on the banks of Petowsky’s scenic Lake Michigan waterfront. A more idyllic location or weather could not have been ordered! The wedding was to occur on 2001, September the 9th. More…
Read MoreNew York Finger Lakes District Sparkling Wines
New York Hudson Valley and Finger Lakes District Flying into John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) airport was a moment that bred expectation and potential. I loved the heightened frisson anticipation, and my lack of really understanding how far apart NY state distances really are. When I arrived taking the transit bus from JFK, I was dropped…
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