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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
6 bottles: $19.54
Rated 91 - This is fresh and vivid with notes of lemon-drops, sliced pears, guava, elderflower and crushed stones....
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91
WE
90
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $21.28 $22.40
Rated 88 - The NV Fiegl Rosé Brut is a Metodo Classico Pinot Grigio that shows a lifted and floral display of dusty...
VM
88
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Sparkling
375ml
Bottle: $12.59 $13.25
12 bottles: $9.49
Color: Bright straw yellow with fine bubbles. Aroma: The boquet is fragrant and bursting with fruit notes. It...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $20.14 $21.20
12 bottles: $14.25
Color: Bright straw yellow with fine bubbles. Aroma: The boquet is fragrant and bursting with fruit notes. It...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $14.94
12 bottles: $14.64
To make our sparkling rosé, we source old vine pinot nero from the foothills of the Friulian Dolomites. If we could,...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $16.89 $18.00
12 bottles: $16.63
COLOR: Bright soft pink. PERFUME: Bouquet with flavors of red fruit, currants, raspberries and floral notes of rose...

Champagne Blend Italy Friuli-Venezia Giulia

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.

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.

Friuli-Venezia Giulia is an important Italian wine region, situated high in the northernmost parts of the country, and close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders. As such, there is a considerable Germanic influence on the wines of this region, with varietals such as Riesling growing alongside Italian classics such as Pinot Grigio. The finest wines of Friuli-Venezia Giulia are considered to be those which capture the alpine essence of the region, with its pine scented terroirs and crystal mountain waters which run down from the mountains. There are also several interesting lesser known grape varietals processed in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, which gives the region a unique wine culture which the local wine makers are immensely proud of, and which makes the region a fascinating one to explore.