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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $14.62 $16.25
12 bottles: $12.35
19 Crimes is defiant by nature, bold in character, and always uncompromising. We are proud to partner with...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $53.94
Rated 94 - The 2019 Gracias Madre, 100% Grenache Noir, is fabulous. Rich, creamy and super-expressive, the 2019...
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94
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $12.09 $13.43
12 bottles: $10.45
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
Bottle: $12.09 $13.43
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
Bottle: $12.09 $13.43
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: $17.05 $18.40
Rated 89 - This dry and attractive sparkler tastes crisp and tangy, lifting light citrus and green apple notes with a...
WE
89
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $19.80 $22.00
Rated 89 - A sense of elegance and gracefulness singles this wine out. Light floral and cinnamon aromas merge into...
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89
DC
88
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Sparkling
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: $23.18 $24.40
12 bottles: $19.00
Rated 91 - This elegant, well-balanced wine is trim and compact, offering subtle crisp apple and bright lemon notes...
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91
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $15.38 $17.09
12 bottles: $13.18
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
Rated 95 - Melon, pear, and stone fruit aromas with a touch of honey. A light palate with a loose, frothy mousse....
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95
UBC
92
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $13.65 $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
Rated 91 - A bold perfume of roses, ruby red grapefruit, red currant, and white pepper is enthralling. Juicy,...
UBC
91
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $13.65 $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
Rated 90 - Silvery straw color. Fruity, floral aromas of hot house flowers, fancy tropical fruit salad, and panettone...
BTI
90
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $13.65 $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
Rated 90 - Acacia, green apple, toasted walnut, honeysuckle, nectarine, and the slightest hint of strawberry make for...
UBC
90
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $13.65 $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
Rated 89 - Bold, no-holds-barred confected peach aromas practically explode from the glass with a touch of pie crust,...
UBC
89
BTI
88
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $13.65 $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
Rated 90 - Pale silvery pink color. Floral, fruity aromas of lilacs, spiced peach sorbet, and lychee with a supple,...
BTI
90
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $13.65 $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
Rated 89 - This lightly sweet sparkler shows a beautiful bouquet of pressed wildflowers, exotic melon fruit,...
UBC
89
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $24.94
12 bottles: $24.44
Passion fruit and Bing cherry come off the nose of this wine with a distinctive, wet gravel minerality. As you look...

Champagne Blend United States California

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.

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.

California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.