mcrk@rruxo.UUCP (C Koster) (05/17/85)
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I just recently returned from a trip to Napa Valley.
While there we visited the Domane Chandon (sp?)
champanery. Well worth the visit, by the way.
The reason for the blush champagnes is a need to
use up red wine grapes and current vogue
(so we were told). BOTH of the Domane champagnes
were brut (dry) and VERY NICE to drink!
And I don't usually like champagne!
So try it if you can get it!
Tell 'em ZOOT sent ya...
Chris Koster
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(current vogue is a grape variety for grammarians :-) )dailey@lasspvax.UUCP (John Dailey) (05/21/85)
I recently had Domaine Chandon's Blanc de Noir which I thought was quite good, though a touch too sweet. Both their sparkling wines (champagne should only be used only for sparkling wines from the Champagne district of France.In fact, I believe that the U.S. is one of the few countries to permit this heresy --- anyway ...) are quite good values for the money (about $12.00 in N.Y.) and they should be since they are owned by the same people that own the great Moet et Chandon firm. An equal tasting champagne from France runs about double in price. So, I second the recommendation for Domaine Chandon. |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | John H. Dailey | | Center for Applied Math. | | Cornell U. | | Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 | | {decvax,ihnp4,cmcl2,vax135}!cornell!amvax!dailey (USENET) | | amvax.dailey@cornell.arpa (ARPANET) | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
jerem@tekgvs.UUCP (Jere Marrs) (05/23/85)
Domaine Chandon is indeed a fine sparkling wine - one I stock at home. However, if I were to select the American sparkling wine that comes closest to a French Champagne with the characteristic "yeasty" taste, I would choose Iron Horse from California. It is apparently aged a considerable length of time over the lees. It has very fine bubbles that give it a creamy texture and the taste and aroma are decidedly in the class of a French Bollinger or Moet-Chandon. I would be incomplete without saying that there are *many* fine sparkling wines available from American wineries. There are fine ones from California, Oregon, and Washington. The growing conditions up here in the Northwest, west of the Cascades, often produce Chardonnays ideally suited for sparkling wine - i.e. low tannin in the juice and high acidity. Jere M. Marrs Tektronix, Inc. Beaverton, Oregon tektronix!tekgvs!jerem