Grapes and Lager TV - The I.T Guy & The Wine Guy: Episode 1 Champagne & Sparkling
Grapes and Lager TV
The I.T Guy & The Wine Guy
EPISODE 1 - CHAMPAGNE AND SPARKLING
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Spumante - What a Surprise!
There are those of us that associate Spumante with a cheap, sweet bubbly that we used to drink during our Uni days when money was tight and tastes were questionable. But Spumante can be much more than that.
Spanish Wine Trivia
According to European Economic Community statistics, Spain has more land planted with grapes than any other nation in the world. It does not, however, produce the most wine. Spain ranks third in production, after Italy and France, due to large number of old, low-yielding vines planted. There are more than six hundred varieties of native Spanish grapes, twenty of which account for 80 percent of production. One of the greatest flavours in Spanish wines is the flavour imparted by long ageing in barrels. Spanish reds are aged in barrels longer than any other wines in the world. Grapes and Lager...
Read MoreCreamy Crémants
We all love French Champagne, but have you ever considered other sparkling wine from France. These sparklings wines (that don't come from Champagne) now use the "Crémant" designation. Crémant in French means "creamy" and sparkling wines, originally from the Champagne region, designated Crémant were named because their lower carbon dioxide pressures were thought to give them a creamy rather than fizzy mouth-feel. These wines were rare in comparison to regular, full-pressure Champagne. The Crémant designation was also used for sparkling wines from the Loire valley. Since the late 1980s when lobbying by Champagne producers led to méthode champenoise being forbidden as a...
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