They have countless white and red varietals to choose from, plus sparkling wines and even desert wines.
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The rest include supposedly cash-strapped countries like Spain and Italy, which also make their own rival sparkling wines.
Wine snobs are also fond of grower Champagnes sparkling wines made by Champagne farmers instead of the large Champagne brands.
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Things start on Friday night with a welcome reception featuring sparkling wines and ports to kick off the weekend.
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This is because it only makes sparkling wines, which it currently cellars in the bottle for a minimum of five years.
Innocent wines, the opulent Sheas, the frankly delicious Pinot Noirs from Mr. Soles (who made first-rate sparkling wines at Argyle as well).
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Though it lacks the typical homespun Anderson Valley charm, it earned the respect of its neighbours by producing consistently exceptional sparkling wines for three decades.
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It's a red grape that, most of the world over, is pressed to extract clear juice, then fermented into a small component of sparkling wines, such as champagne.
Strategy Two to would be sparkling wines from other countries.
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The 30 participants each designed their own sparkling-wine blend from among 250 base wines, and attended three seminars on pairing sparkling wines with caviar, raw oysters, calamari and beef.
The numerous grape varieties are grown elsewhere in Austria, but maturation of the sparkling wines takes place in the dark 2.3km network of stone and brick tunnels that run under the northern 19th district.
It is all part of a three-and-a-half year vine to glass process that mimics the process of how sparkling wines are made in the Champagne region, and the results can be tasted in a sampling session at the end of the tour.
There are other lesser known champagne houses that undercut their more famous brethren, and while harder to find in this country, there are also plenty of high quality French sparkling wines from outside the Champagne region commanding far lower prices.
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Back at Nyetimber, which has won a host of prizes for its sparkling wines that are made in exactly the same way as champagne from the same three grape varieties, owner Eric Heerema admits making the firm profitable remains a long-term aim.
And while there are great sparkling wines outside of France, many of which have been featured in this column throughout the year, it is to the wines from the cool slopes of Champagne, where the grapes struggle to ripen fully, that I frequently return when looking for something sparkling.
In fact, Altesse is frequently blended with Chardonnay in both still and sparkling Savoie wines.
It is this area alone, under European Union rules, which is allowed to call its sparkling white wines by the Champagne name.
Although the winery produces fine white Chardonnay table wines, sparkling wine is the specialty here, and during vintage time (February-March) visitors can watch 12 tons of grapes pressed each day in a traditional champagne press.
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Perhaps the most typical Sydney experience, though, is seafood with a view--Pier Restaurant and its recent front-room addition, Pier Tasting Room, with a sampling menu and ample list of wines by the glass, have sensational fish and a sparkling water view overlooking the scenic inlet of Rose Bay.
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