February 2, 2010

Demonstration 15 - All about the bubbles!

Cava, Asti, Prosecco, Sekt and of course CHAMPAGNE! That was the topic of today's wine lecture. I do enjoy the occasionl glass of bubbly but today's tasting made me realise that really expensive Champagne it probably wasted on me because by the end of the class - having even tasted Champagne for 20 pounds a bottle - I still liked the prosecco the best.

What I found really interesting was that apparently the finer and more persistent the bubbles in a sparkling wine the higher the quality. Well, there is something to look for the next time you open a bottle of fizz:

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