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Sparkling Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Sparkling wine is any wine with bubbles in it. The bubbles can get there by a number of processes, and the ways in which that fizziness is imparted affects the flavor and texture of the sparkling wine that results. In fact, the way in which the still wine (non-bubbly) is made sparkling (bubbly) is just as important as the grapes that were used...read more
 

Champagne Sparkling Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, July 12, 2006
The Champagne region is northeast of Paris, and produces what is probably the single most famous wine in the world. In fact, the name Champagne has become synonymous with sparkling wine. The truth, however, is that not all sparkling wine is Champagne. Indeed, fewer than one out of 12 bottles of sparkling wine produced each year is...

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Dessert / Sweet Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Sweet wines, when made well, are some of the most rewarding and intensely-flavored wines on the market. As opposed to the cheaply made wines that were popular in the United States through most of the 50's and 60's, real sweet or dessert wines are as sophisticated as even the finest dry wines from, say, Bordeaux or Burgundy. Sadly, many people...read more
 

Prosecco Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, January 24, 2007
The national sparkling wine of Italy. Prosecco is produced in the north of the country, in the Veneto region, from the white grape variety also known as Prosecco. Although there are still Prosecco wines, the most popular are the sparkling ones, which are not only much fruitier and less bitter than Champagnes, but also cost a great deal less....read more
 

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Veneto Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, January 24, 2007
This region in northeast Italy produces some of the most beloved and well-known wines in the world. From red wine favorite Valpolicella (and its noble, deep-flavored cousin, Amarone) to the white Soave (which runs the gamut from lifeless and mildly depressing to truly inspiring in the case of some Soave Classicos), this region should be...read more
 

Italian Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Tuesday, August 8, 2006
Italy produces as wide a variety of wines as any country in the world. The north-south expanse of the boot is such that any number of grape varieties can grow successfully in Italy, and with improvements in wine-making technology and methods, the quality of Italian wine has never been better than it is right now.

Italy's unique geographic...

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The Northeast Italy Series - Veneto: Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiandene

Written By: Dylan York on Thursday, July 24, 2008

Veneto is an extremely diverse region, but the Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene stands out amongst the crowd.

The region of Veneto is located between the regions of Trentino-Alto Adige (west) and Friuli-Venezia Giulia (east) and borders Austria to the north and the Po River to the south. The region contains 3 DOCG, 25 DOC, and 10 IGT wine appellations that together produce over 110 million cases of wine a year. The majority of this is inexpensive...read more
 

Sparkling Prosecco Wine Showdown Transcript

Written By: ClassicWines.com Team on Monday, November 27, 2006

Brian Freedman: Welcome to the classicwines.com Weekly Wine Showdown. I am Brian Freedman, and today, day before vacation we decided to celebrate a little bit; we are going to tasting Prosecco. People get a little bit nervous when it comes to having sparkling wine that doesn’t say ‘Champagne’ on the label. There are some wonderful Champagnes...read more
 

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The Champagne Method Video Transcript

Written By: ClassicWines.com Team on Monday, December 4, 2006

Brian Freedman: So Rosa, one of the wines that you’re most renowned for here at the Old Field is your Blanc de Noir Champagne Method Sparkling wine. It’s a very unique thing to be producing here on Long Island. Can you take us through that production and explain the wine to us a little bit?

Rosamond Baiz:Absolutely. So, when you make a wine in...

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Unexpected Pairings

Written By: Brian Freedman on Friday, March 7, 2008

Food and wine pairings extend far beyond high end, restaurant-style meals.

If there is a better budget pairing than fennel-sausage pizza and Las Rocas de San Alejandro Garnacha, I have not yet found it. Sure, it's nothing near as profound as a silky old bottle of Bordeaux with roasted lamb chops. Or a plate of egg-rich pasta dusted with white-truffle shavings and buttressed by a bottle of Barbaresco. But on a...read more
 

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