Sparkling Wine Review: Canella Prosecco
Canella Prosecco
It's been a while since we've done a sparkling wine review . and I really should post more of these. After all, why wait for a celebration to open a bottle of bubbly?
American Sparkling wines.or can you say Champagne?
Perhaps the question I heard most frequently working in a sparkling winery was this.
Sparkling Wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it, making it fizzy.
How are Sparkling Wines Classified?
Sparkling wines and Champagnes are categorized as Extra Brut, Brut (pronounced "broot"), Extra dry, Sec and Demi-sec depending on their sugar levels.
Sparkling Wines ... save the bubbles ...
Wines with bubbles are associated, for many people, primarily with festivities and celebrations.
Sparkling season
No, I'm not any more excited than most of you are about seeing Santa Claus and reindeer and decorated trees in the shopping malls at Halloween.
The way in which you open a sparkling wine can have significant impact on the product once poured.
Sparkling Wines
There's a popular fund raising game where you guess the number of candies or coins that are in a large jar. For an interesting variation, have your guests estimate the number of bubbles in a bottle of sparkling wine.
Sparkling
Wine with an effervescence caused by a secondary alcoholic fermentation that leaves carbon dioxide trapped in the bottle.
Spicy
A term used to describe wine that displays aromas and flavors reminiscent of aromatic spices.
Sparkling Wine
A bubbly wine containing significant levels of carbon dioxide.
Sparkling
Wines with bubbles created by trapped carbon dioxide gas.
Spicy
Intense flavor or aroma of spices such as clove, mint, cinnamon, or pepper.
Sparkling
Wines with bubbles created by trapped carbon dioxide gas, either natural or injected.
Spicy
Having the character or aroma of spices such as clove, mint, cinnamon, or pepper.
sparkling wine: An effervescent wine made using various methods.
spatlese: (German) A late harvest wine which usually has a perceptible level of sweetness.
Sparkling Wine
That class of wines that has been carbonated. The highest quality versions are carbonated through the action of yeast in a sealed bottle. This is the champagne method, and all Champagne is made this way.
Sparkling
The name given to wines that have been specially treated with carbon dioxide, which is released slowly in the form of tiny bubbles when the bottle is uncorked.
Sparkling: Wine containing bubbles of carbon dioxide which is a byproduct of fermentation.
Sparkling wine - Effervescent wine containing significant levels of carbon dioxide.
Spätlese - German for "select". Generally applied to German late harvest wines.
Sparkling wine
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Structure
Structure refers to the interplay and balance among the following characteristics in wine: flavor, acidity, alcohol, and tannin.
Sparkling Wine: Wines containing bubbles of carbon dioxide gas (a byproduct of fermentation).
Sparkling red/sparkling Shiraz
A wonderfully Australian invention.
Sparkling Wine
The sparkling wine Champagne is named after the northern region of France where it's produced. Other regions of France, as well as other countries, make sparkling wine, but only those from Champagne may be called Champagne.
SPARKLING WINES
A general term for all carbonated wines, whether natural sparkling or not. Includes French Champagnes as well as effervescent wines from other parts of the world.
SPATBURGUNDER
A German term for Pinot Noir.
Sparkling wine, specifically the type made in the French region of the same name using a traditional process in which the wine gains its sparkle by a secondary fermentation in the bottle, and made only from Chardonnay, ...
sparkling wine
Wine that has undergone a second fermentation in the bottle or in relatively small, air-tight vats. Sparkling wines must have a pressure of at least 4 bar.
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Sparkling Wines
Grape VarietiesGeorgian Traditional Winemaking
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Sparkling wine glasses are narrow and tall and most commonly called flutes. They are thought to keep the bubbles for longer and allow the wine to stay cool.
Sparkling wine really shines with ethnic foods, the sort you'd usually serve with beer. Like beer, it's yeasty, light, cold and bubbly, but it doesn't have beer's bitterness.
Sparkling wines range in sweetness from very dry to very sweet, but how they are categorized is somewhat different. In fact, a syrupy-sweet sparkling wine is called "Demi-Sec" which, translated from French, means "partly dry".
Sparkling wines. Refers to all effervescent wines outside those from the Champagne region of France, vinified using the Méthode Champenoise (correctly known elsewhere are Méhode Traditionelle).
Still wines. wines without carbonation.
Sparkling wines produced in South Africa by means of classic method have Méthode Cap Classique as well as "Wine of Origin" stated in the label, the latter term can also appear written in local language as Wyn van Oorsprong.
SPARKLING WINE: a wine containing a natural effervescence such as Champagne.
SPARGE/SPARGING: After mashing a beer & drawing off the wort, the remaining grains are washed with hot water to remove as much of the remaining sugars as possible.
(a sparkling wine)
Other wines from Alsace are: Vendanges Tardives (late harvest), Edelzwicker, Muscat, Pinot Noir, etc.
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Think of sparkling Italian wine and you're thinking of Asti (once known as Asti Spumante), an off-dry sparkling white wine made in Piedmont from the Muscat grape. The wine is often of poor quality, although good examples can rarely be found.
The famous sparkling wine produced in the Champagne region of France, about 90 miles northeast of Paris. Champagne is generally a blend of three grapesÂ--two red: pinot noir and pinot meunier, and one white: chardonnay.
Bright and sparkling in appearance so that one can see the light through the wine. Opposite of dull and cloudy.
Broad
Full-bodied but lacking in acidity and therefore also lacking in finesse.
Champagne/Sparkling Wine - These wines are made effervescent in the wine-making process. Champagnes and sparkling wines range in style from very dry (Natural), dry (brut) and slightly sweet (extra Dry) to sweet (sec and Demi-Sec).
The fizz in sparkling wine can occur naturally during the fermentation process, when sugar converts to carbon dioxide. Alternatively, an injection of the gas can be administered.
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The Italian sparkling wine producing region forecasts production volumes will reach one billion bottles within the next 25 years, according to figures revealed at Hong Kong's Wine Future conference.
Prosecco
sparkling, dry wine from province of Treviso, north of Veneto in Northern Italy
Puligny-Montrachet
white wine village in Burgundy's Cõte de Beaune ...
Brut
Dry sparkling wine
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Dessert & Sparkling Wines
Late Harvest Wines
Grapes are harvested late in the season to ensure high levels of sugar. The resultant wines are high in sugar and low in alcohol. Acidity levels vary, but the wines are usually rich and viscous.
To prevent a sparkling wine from foaming out of the glass, pour an ounce, which will settle quickly. Pouring the remainder of the serving into this starter will not foam as much.
Old wine almost never turns to vinegar. It spoils by oxidation.
A very slightly sparkling wine.
Beaumes-de-Venise :
Municipality situated in the Vaucluse region, reputed for its excellent Muscat "appellation contrôlée" ...
The very driest sparkling wine, with sugar content of 0-6 grams per liter.
Extract
Richness and depth of concentration of fruit in a wine. Usually a positive quality, although high extract wine can also be highly tannic.
Cava Natural sparkling wine produced in Spain through a second fermentation that takes place in the bottle. It is made in the specific regions of Catalunya, Cariñena, Navarra, Rioja, Utiel-Requena, and Ribera del Guadiana.
For Champagne and sparkling wine, the indention helps to give structural integrity to the bottle, which has to be pretty strong to hold in the pressure of the bubbly wine.
Cava. Spanish sparkling wine.
Chablis. French region (part of Burgundy) making special, seafood-friendly wines from Chardonnay. Used in U.S. to mean "cheap, generic white." ...
Brut: Used by sparkling wine producers to indicate a dry wine; a producer's Brut is always drier than an Extra Dry bottling.
Bunch Rot: See Botrytis.
As for Champagnes, sparkling wines, and most dessert wines (with the exception of port), colder is usually better. Colder temperatures tend to keep the bubbles livelier and seem to make these wines taste sharper.
Bead Bubbles in sparkling wine. Fine, long-lasting bubbles are the most desirable.
Big Refers to the weight and body of the wine. A result of high alcohol, fruit, tannin, acidity and extract.
Champagne: The sparkling wine produced in the Champagne region of France. By treaty, other European countries may not use the name "Champagne" for their sparkling wines (similar to the situation with "Chablis," above).
beadA tasting term used to describe the size of the bubbles in a glass of sparkling wine or Champagne. Some people say that the smaller and more persistent the bead, the finer the wine.
Brut French word used to describe Champagne or sparkling wine which has not been sweetened and therefore tastes dry. Bud-break the first stage in the annual growth-cycle of the vine. ^ back to top
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Lacking acidity, character and any distinctive flavor; in sparkling wine, signifying a loss of sparkle.
Flavor. Smell and taste combined.
Flinty.
Chateau des Charmes Wines--Family-owned estate winery, in Niagara on the Lake; producers of Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Sparkling wines and Riesling Icewine.
Château Haut-Brion--One of four original 1855 Premier Grand Cru.
Albariza - The famous sparkling white soils of Jerez Sherry country, characterized by its high limestone content.
Albariño - Fresh, crisp white wine from the Rias Baixas appellation of Galicia.
Less sparkling than semi-sparkling them same the least sparkling than the effervescent ones.
PERSISTENCE
It is the resulting in the perception of certain characters of the wine (savour, flavours...) after this one was swallowed.
In sparkling winemaking it is the process of fermenting in bottle to produce the carbon dioxide bubbles.
Settling
The natural precipitation of solids in wine.
SO2/Sulfur dioxide ...
Mousse (French) : The satisfying froth that fizzes in a glass of champagne or sparkling wine as it is poured, savoured and drunk.
Mousseux (french): Sparkling.
Pétillant (French): Slightly sparkling.
annoso aged bianco white frizzante semi-sparkling liquoroso liqueur-like normale normal, standard novello a wine made to be sold very young; c.f.
 See also: Wine, Sparkling wine, Grape, White, Region
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