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Cupcake

Cupcake
NV Sparkling Rosé, Italy

Pair this wine with:
Chicken

Category: Other Sparkling

Date Tasted:
Country: Italy
Alcohol: 11%
87 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$13
Best Buy

Cupcake
NV Sparkling Rosé, Italy

Pair this wine with:
Chicken

Category: Other Sparkling

Date Tasted:
Country: Italy
Alcohol: 11%
Straw color. Aromas and flavors of strawberry watermelon, children’s chewable tylenol, melon, and flowers with a velvety, spritzy, dryish medium body and a medium finish displaying accents of strawberry watermelon tums, cantaloupe, dried apricot, and white flowers. An easy-drinking pink fizz to go with food, fun, and friends.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Crisp & Lively
Aroma Aroma: strawberry watermelon, children's chewable tylenol, melon, and flowers
Taste Flavor: strawberry watermelon tums, cantaloupe, dried apricot, and white flowers
Sweetness Sweetness: Dryish
Enjoy Enjoy: Now Enjoy with food
Recipes Pairing: Oven Fried Chicken, Chicken Kebobs, Cobb Salad
Bottom Line Bottom Line: An easy-drinking pink fizz to go with food, fun, and friends.

The Producer or Importer

Underdog Wine & Spirits

The Producer or  Importer
4596 Tesla Rd
Livermore, CA 94550
USA
1 925-456-2500

Other Sparkling

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Serve in a Champagne Flute
Sparkling wine covers many countries, grape types and quality levels. What all of these wines have in common are bubbles.

How the bubbles get there define the type and quality of the sparkling wine. The most famous sparkling wine of course is Champagne, from the eponymous region in France. These are made by what is known as the Champagne or "classic" method, where the secondary fermentation that produces the sparkle is done in an individual bottle. Other sparkling wines that use this method include Franciacorta and Alta Langa in Italy as well as Cava from Spain.

Other sparkling wines are made when the bubbles (or carbonation) is created in large tanks. While there are many inexpensive, simple sparkling wines made in this method, there are some excellent examples, most notably Prosecco.

Sparkling wines in many cases are meant to be drunk upon release, although the best examples of Champagne can age well for more than a decade. As sparkling wine is celebratory in nature, it is often used for toasting a special event, such as an anniversary or birthday. Yet the finest dry sparking wines work beautifully with a huge array of foods. These wines are arguably the finest food wines in the world.