Spumante
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Spumante is a kind of Italian sparkling wine. The most famous of the spumantes is the sweet, low-alcohol Asti and the dry Prosecco wines.
Spumante
Literally foaming, a sparkling wine
Stravecchio
Very old, said of the most aged Marsalas and some spirits ...
Spumante: A sparkling white wine made from the Moscato grape produced in and around Asti in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. It is sometimes referred to as the "Champagne of Italy".
Spumante
Spumante is Italian for sparkling wine.
Still wine
Still wine is any wine that's not sparkling wine.
spumante: (Italian) Italian sparkling wine, usually white, and ranging from dry to very sweet. The most famous is Asti Spumante from north west Italy which is produced from the Moscato grape variety.
Spumante - Italian for "sparkling". Generally any sparkling wine from Italy, although producers of Franciacorta (wine) have recently started stating that Franciacorta is not a "spumante".
Stelvin -A brand of screwcap.
Spumante
Italian sparkling wine
Staves
oak plant dried in open air before pieced together by cooper and transformed into barrel ...
SPUMANTE
Italian term meaning ‘foaming' and referring to sparkling wines.
STALE
Wine with lifeless, stagnant qualities. Usually found in wines that were kept in large vessel storage for an excessive length of time.
"Spumante": Italian terminology for sparkling wine
"Stelvin Closure": The most widely used brand of screw cap.
"Table Wine": General terminology for wine that is not fortified, sparkling, ...
Spumante: The Italian word for sparkling wine. Equivalent to Sekt in German.
Spumante - (Spoo-MAHN-tay)
Literally "foaming," Italian for sparkling wine, usually seen in combination with its source, as in "Asti Spumante."
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Spumante: Argentina's sparkling wine. In the last few years, Argentine vintners and foreign investors have been making bubbles with a variety of grapes.
VSQPRD - (Vino Spumante di Qualità Prodotto in Regione Determinata, Quality Sparkling Wine Produced in Determined Region) is a quality sparkling wine produced in a determined appellation of controlled origin area ...
Sannio (Bianco also in the specific styles Frizzante and Spumante metodo classico; Rosato also in the specific style(s) Frizzante; Rosso and in the specific styles Frizzante and Novello); ...
Spain makes Cavas ('cave'), Italy makes either Prosecco (lightly sparkling) or Spumante (fully sparkling and sweet), Germany makes Sekt or Deutscher and those from New World regions, such as Canada, California, Australia and elsewhere, ...
Here Greco is used for both still wines and a Spumante style wine produced with the classical method of sparkling wine production.
Shortbread: Okay with the Spumante but terrible with the Rieslings and port.
Animal Treasures: Okay with the Spumante and port, because of the chocolate backside.
Peanut Butter Patties: Great with the Spumante, but not with the others wines.
Asti from Piedmont was formerly called Asti Spumante - 'spumante' means 'sparkling' in Italian - but it became too associated with sugary, cheap generic spumantes.
Piedmont produces red Barolo and Barbaresco and the white, sparkling Asti Spumante. Vermouth, the flavoured dessert wine of Italy, originated in Turin, the principal Piedmontese city.
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.
Don't forget slightly sweet sparklers like Asti-Spumante and Moscato d'Asti from Italy; they complement fruit or vanilla desserts with panache. From the beginning to the end of the meal, you'll find a place for sparkling wine.
This is the grape of Asti Spumante, Italian's famous sparkling wine (the drier versions in Italy are far superior to the exported versions). The Italians make a wide range of Moscato wines, some fortified, some sparkling.
As a "frizzante," Moscato is not as bubbly as the related sparking wine Asti Spumante, but it is still popular for its sweet, fresh vibrancy and fruit-forward flavors.
Italians call their sparkling wine Spumante, the most popular one made in a sweet style with Muscat grapes grown around the town of Asti. Sekt is the German designation for sparkling wine.
Grown in the Piedmont region of Italy and used to make both dry and spumante-style sweet red wines. (Sparking wine)
GAMAY [Gah-MAY] ...
Dry Whites, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Spumante
55-75°
17% Medium ...
FREISA
A minor red-wine grape grown in the Piedmont region of Italy. Used to make both dry and spumante-style reds.
Varietal/Blend
Often blended with various other grape varieties to increase complexity and flavour. Also used to make Asti Spumante in Italy.
FREISA:
Minor grape grown in Piedmont region of Italy and used to make both dry and spumante-style sweet red wines.
Erbalucedi Caluso DOC comprised of thirty five villages around the town of Caluso. Erbaluce produces predominantly dry white wines although both a sparkling Caluso Spumante and a rich pudding wine, Caluso Passito are also produced.
Moscato in Italy , Moscatel in Iberia : This grape can turn into anything from the low-alcohol, sweet and frothy Asti Spumante and Muscat de Canelli to bone-dry wines like Muscat d'Alsace. It also produces fortified wine such as Beaumes de Venise.
(aka Moscato di Canelli and Muscat Frontignon). Mostly these grapes are made into medium-sweet and dessert style table or fortified wines. Producers of sparkling wines often use the Muscat grape to create wines in the style of Italian Spumante.
Hot climate producers of sparkling wines often use the various Muscat grape clones to create wines in the style of Italian Spumante. Lesser regarded clones of the cépage include Muscat of Alexandria and others.
 See also: Wine, Grape, Italy, Region, Sparkling
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