Wine Tips - Pinnacle Ridge Blanc de Blanc and Simonnet-Febvre Cremant de Bourgogone Brut Rose'

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This Week's Wine Tips

Pinnacle Ridge Blanc de Blanc  

This is a very excellent, slightly sweet sparkling wine from Kutztown, PA, USA.  It is made from Cayuga grapes.  The color is very pale yellow, almost colorless.  It has a fresh, slightly yeasty aroma with great flavor and bursting with tiny bubbles.  It has 2.5% residual sugar. 

The winery was established in 1993 and has become what we feel is one of the best wineries in PA.  If you haven’t visited them yet, take some time to stop in the tasting room, there you will be treated to excellent wines served by friendly, and helpful, staff.

Only locally grown grapes are used in making Pinnacle Ridge wines, most on the estate itself. 

Available only at the winery, it sells for $14 a bottle.

This sparkling wine will be used as an aperitif at the upcoming AWS USA vs. France “Bottle Shock Revisited” blind wine tasting.

Simonnet-Febvre Cremant de Bourgogone Brut Rose'

This is an excellent dry sparkling wine from Chablis, France.  Made primarily from Pinot Noir, a small amount of gamay was added for color and complexity.  The color is very pale pink with many tiny bubbles.  It has aromas of red raspberrys and currents.

The winery was established in 1840 and after being nearly wiped out by phylloxera, they have rebuilt and replanted.  Many vines are now nearly 20 years old, and the vineyard is again regaining its prestige.

Alcohol is 12% by volume.  Great when used as an aperitif.  PLCB product code is 20863 and sells for $14.99 at many PA Wine and Spirit stores.

This sparkling wine will be used as an aperitif at the upcoming AWS USA vs. France “Bottle Shock Revisited” blind wine tasting.


Fun Fact
The longest recorded champagne cork flight was done by Heinrich Medicus at Woodbury Vineyard in New York in 1988.  The cork flew 177 feet and 9 inches, four feet from the ground.

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