California producers are making sparkling wines that are better than ever. For them, it’s not about trying to create something that tastes like Champagne. It’s about highlighting the best of ...

Selecting the best Champagne and sparkling wines over the course of a year is tough business largely because most any bubbly made in the method champenoise style is delicious. Method Champenoise ...

The annual Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships convened in the U.K. earlier this year for its 11th iteration. It bills itself as the “world's largest and toughest sparkling wine ...

That means they ripen more, which makes the cava lower in acidity than champagne (and often cheaper). Crémant is a French sparkling wine made to the same traditional method as champagne. It can have ...

It’s nearly the New Year and our wine fixations inevitably turn effervescent. Traditionally, that would mean Champagne, the world’s sparkling wine par excellence, synonymous with celebration ...

Pet-nat sparkling wines with lower carbonation and crown caps ... bottle that indicate a sparkling wine has been made in the same fashion as Champagne. Not all sparkling wines are created equal ...