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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $16.71 $17.59
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This fun & light sparkling Unicorn Bubbles offers delicate flavors of fresh green apple and citrus with lively...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $67.50
The 2019 Gracias Madre, 100% Grenache Noir, is fabulous. Rich, creamy and super-expressive, the 2019 offers notable...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $49.60
6 bottles: $48.80
WHITE PEACH | VIVACIOUS | WET STONE
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750ml
Bottle: $12.09 $13.43
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Aww you’re making me blush. André Champagne® Blush is a sweet, pink California Champagne with fruity aromas and...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $12.09 $13.43
12 bottles: $10.45
Classics never go out of style. No matter where you’re going, bringing an André Brut can will make a statement....
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Sparkling
750ml
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12 bottles: $10.45
Cold Duck, Duck, Goose. Need a conversation starter? The name Cold Duck comes from “Kaltes Ende” which means...
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Sparkling
750ml
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12 bottles: $10.45
Don’t let the name fool you. André Champagne® Extra Dry is a semi-dry California champagne. This dry sparkling...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $12.09 $13.43
12 bottles: $10.45
Now this is why people call it bubbly. The first thing you’ll notice about André Champagne® Spumante is the...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $17.35 $18.40
This dry and attractive sparkler tastes crisp and tangy, lifting light citrus and green apple notes with a fine bead...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $19.94 $22.00
A sense of elegance and gracefulness singles this wine out. Light floral and cinnamon aromas merge into crisp but...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $24.90
12 bottles: $24.40
The 2019 sparkling wine vintage in the Willamette Valley was precise, full of beautiful natural acidity and tension...
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750ml
Bottle: $26.94
12 bottles: $26.40
Planted in 1990, at 850 feet of elevation, the Dijon clone chardonnay planted in Julia Lee's Block furnishes this...
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750ml
Bottle: $66.68
6 bottles: $66.00
Disgorged in June of 2021, the 2011 Brut Extended Tirage has pretty scents of red berries, crushed herbs, lemon pith...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $24.59
12 bottles: $24.10
A balanced blend, Pinot Noir establishes a savory core, while Pinot Meunier brings floral characteristics and...
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750ml
Bottle: $13.00
12 bottles: $12.74
#BAE Sparkling Rose has abundant aromas of luscious fruits such as strawberries, gooseberries, and cherries, together...
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750ml
Bottle: $7.99
Ballatore Gran Spumante Sparkling White Wine is sweet and crisp. Aromas of ripe peach and apricot combine with melon...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $23.64 $24.88
12 bottles: $19.00
This elegant, well-balanced wine is trim and compact, offering subtle crisp apple and bright lemon notes lightly...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $15.38 $17.09
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Bright crisp flavors of stone fruit and citrus. The label features everyone's favorite furry friend! Great sipping on...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $13.65 $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
Melon, pear, and stone fruit aromas with a touch of honey. A light palate with a loose, frothy mousse. Easy-drinking,...
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Champagne Blend Colombard Lambrusco United States 750ml

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.

Some grape species are distinct and unique varietals, clearly separate from each of their cousins. Others, like Lambrusco and Muscat, are more like umbrella terms, featuring several subspecies which show slight differences from each other from region to region. Indeed, there are astonishingly more than 60 identified varieties of Lambrusco vines, and they are almost all used in the production of characterful Italian sparkling wines. They are distinguishable by their deep ruby blush, caused by strong pigments present in their skins, and their intensely perfumed character.


Lambrusco vines are grown in several Italian regions, although we most closely associate this varietal with Piedmont and Basilicata. It has also been grown successfully in Argentina and Australia. The varietal suffered from a fairly lowly reputation in the late 20th century, due to bulk, low cost production of Lambrusco sparkling wines, aimed at markets across northern Europe and America. However, things are rapidly changing, and the older, more traditional methods of bottle fermentation are returning, along with a higher level of quality and expression, as consumers become more discerning and demanding. Many of the Lambrusco sub-varieties have their own established DOC, such as Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce, Lambrusco di Sorbara and Modena, where new regulations are keeping standards high and methods traditional.

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.