Ep 066: Sparkling Wine Options

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2012

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

We’re getting in under the wire for New Year’s Eve (and we’ve missed some of you abroad) but this episode is a must listen before you make a last run to the wine shop. Here are the notes: Different sytle types of Champagne/Sparkling to consider: Traditional method, Brut, Prestige Cuvee (for lots of $$!!), Vintage dated and what it means. Blanc de Blanc, Blanc de Noir, Rosé. We cover the major differences between each and what to expect. More affordable alternatives to Champagne that are made like Champagne: Cremant, Cava, Franciacorta, US, Australian, and South African Sparkling wine. More affordable alternatives to Champagne that are much fruitier and made differently: Prosecco, Sekt Big brands v. small guys (Recoltant Manipulant) Some stuff on etiquette: how to open a bottle, pour it, and the all important toast superstition that you can’t miss! Enjoy! Happy New Year. Be safe, have fun, and thanks for listening and supporting us this year! If you like the [...]

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0:00.0	Thanks for
0:08.0	downloading Wine for Normal People Radio,
0:10.0	the podcast for people who like wine,
0:12.0	but not the snobbery that goes with it.
0:14.0	I'm Elizabeth Schneider, a certified Zillmie and certified specialist of wine.
0:20.0	And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.
0:23.0	It's time to say farewell to 2012.
0:27.0	And hello to 2013.
0:30.0	What's very cool is that the Mayan calendar ended, but I think my theory was correct that they just ran out of space and they got bored of writing these symbols over and over again and that is why the mind calendar
0:44.5	ended it wasn't because it was the end of the world or the world's ended and we
0:48.0	just don't know it yet. It's like this is like loss. I was gonna say you've
0:52.2	been watching too much fringe. I mean like
0:54.0	today we are going to give you a very quick end of the year you're
0:59.2	rushing around shopping and listen to this in the car on your way to get the wine and we're going to
1:05.0	tell you a couple quick things about sparkling wine some alternatives to
1:08.4	consider and answer a couple of questions about sparkling wine that we've received on Facebook. Sound good? Absolutely. of I know a little. All right, so what we're going to talk about now is we're not going to talk about how to make sparkling wine. We're not going to get into all of that. We'll touch on that slightly because it does matter in terms of flavor profile. But we're going to get to the brass tacks of you're standing in the
1:33.5	champagne aisle, you're standing in front of all these labels, you look at all the
1:36.7	different prices, you don't know what to do, let's get to it.
1:39.6	Couple different things. First of all, let's talk about styles, different styles of
1:43.4	of champagne because I think that that's important.
1:45.6	Champagne or sparkling wine doesn't matter.
1:48.8	I'm using the word champagne.
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