Crémant

The word crémant is used to describe a French sparkling wine that is made outside the Champagne district but made according to the Champagne method of secondary (bubble-causing) fermentation inside each individual bottle. Crémants come from all over France; some of the best known include Crémant d’Alsace, Crémant de Bourgogne, Crémant de Loire, and Crémant de Limoux. Crémants are rarely as expensive as Champagne. In summer, chilled cold, they are refreshing and fun.

The intensity of a wine’s color is a tip-off to the intensity of its flavor.

Answer: False.

It certainly seems like this ought to be the case, but in fact color intensity and flavor intensity are not correlated. The best example is Pinot Noir which can look rather faint, even when the wine in question possesses a rivetingly intense flavor. (Genetically Pinot Noir lacks a robust amount of anthocyanins, the compounds responsible for color).

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Number of people in the US last year who took a test on wine administered by WSET (Wine and Spirits Education Trust). That’s 1 of every 14,500 people. By contrast, 7,000 people in Hong Kong… Continue reading

Crémant

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