BEAUMONT FAMILY WINES

June 15, 2018

BEAUMONT FAMILY WINES

Pinotage 2014

(Bot River, South Africa) $35

Rustic and really tasty. Hide the label and serve with BBQ on July 4th and watch your friends be stumped.

Which of the following is the driest style of Champagne or sparkling wine?

A. Brut

B. Extra Dry

C. Demi-sec

D. Extra Brut

D.

Extra Brut is a very dry Champagne or sparkling wine with less than .6 percent of sugar per liter. Brut is a dry to very dry style containing less than 1.5 percent of sugar per liter. Extra Dry is slightly sweeter than Brut. And Demi-sec, with 3.3 to 5.0 percent of sugar per liter, is sweeter than Extra Dry.

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