Ep 026 Sparkling Wine - More Than Just Champagne

Wine for Normal People

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🗓️ 5 September 2011

⏱️ 35 minutes

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This week, Rick and Elizabeth dive into sparkling wine, and explain why bringing on the Bub is always a good idea. We start with a few shoutouts to awesome reviews on iTunes and fun comments on Facebook. And we answer another listener question! We want you to Call us!!! Do you have a wine-related question for Elizabeth? Anything goes! Call 800-599-8478 (in the U.S.) or 1-415-226-9105 and dial extension 5 to leave your question for the Wine For Normal People Podcast, and we will play it on the show! Listener Question - from Saul (NY, USA) Main Topic - Sparkling Wine Quick Hit on How Sparkling Wine is Made (very brief) The Big One: Champagne Cremant (from Loire, Limoux, Alsace) Cava (Spanish Sparkler) Prosecco, Franciacorta Sparkling Wine from USA Rosé Champagne and Sweetness Levels Please drop a comment on the Wine For Normal People Blog or Facebook Page. Dig the podcast? Please review us on iTunes and we’ll give you a shout out! Sponsored by the free Hello Vino app (wine [...]

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0:00.0	Thanks for
0:04.7	downloading Wine for Normal People Radio, the podcast for people who like wine but not the
0:08.7	snobbery that goes with it.
0:11.0	That's right, this podcast has a strict, no snobs allowed policy.
0:16.0	I'm Elizabeth Schneider, a certified sill mooray
0:19.0	and certified specialist of wine.
0:21.0	And I'm Rick Breslin, a certified wine-loving tech geek.
0:25.0	Today we are going to be talking about sparkling wine.
0:29.4	Bring on the bub.
0:31.0	Bring on the bub.
0:32.0	I kind of think when you say sparkling wine, you know that whole like
0:35.7	pork campaign's like the other white meat? I sort of think like sparkling wine is like the
0:41.7	other champagne. We are going to be talking about sparkling wine is like the other champagne.
0:43.0	We are going to be talking about sparkling wine, which I feel like people are starting to get out of the mindset that it is only for celebratory events.
0:52.0	It is so much more than that it is so awesome and
0:55.0	by the way lots of sparkling wines are like 1299 so we're talking about a
1:00.3	good price point you know that you can you can just just as easily go to the
1:05.3	sparkling section and pick out some sparkling as you can a red or a white that's right
1:10.1	in the enduring this episode we are going to outline all of the different types of sparkling
1:14.6	wine so you don't have to always gravitate towards the expensive champagne.
1:18.8	So to your point, sparkling wine can be very, very accessible. You could find some great deals and we can also turn you
1:26.8	on to some wines that you may not have recognized by looking at the label and hopefully turn you on to something new.
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