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Pairings: Elegant wine fine with chips
Pairings: Elegant wine fine with chips
"Schramsberg 2009 Brut Rosé, our Wine of the Week, is a beauty, with a coy effervescence and a cornucopia of flavors that range from fresh berries to toasted pineapple, with tiny ribbons of mango, papaya and mangosteen and bursts of clove and cardamom punctuating lively, refreshing acidity. It's a wine that makes you sigh 'ahhhhh' as you raise your glass for another sip. "As you would expect from Schramsberg, long one of the finest sparkling-wine houses in the world, this sparkler is suave, sophisticated and elegant, with an appealing subtlety and flawless balance. "One way to think about this wine...
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Great Wines and Great Values for Holiday Bubbly
Great Wines and Great Values for Holiday Bubbly
"Bubbly deserves better than four measly weeks a year, I've always said. Americans gorge themselves on sparkling wine in December, but sip it a lot less during the other 11 months. How did it come to that? It's all about New Year's Eve—I get that—but bubbly is not just about celebration, it's the best wine for casual summer drinking, too...It's a drink for every season. "Now that I've been reviewing California sparkling wine for Wine Spectator for the past decade, I can say the wines have never been better. Here is a selection of the top wines: "...Schramsberg Rosé North...
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Bay Area Bubbles: A Visit to Schramsberg’s Candlelit Tasting Cave
Bay Area Bubbles: A Visit to Schramsberg’s Candlelit Tasting Cave
"When I imagine what the Champagne wineries in France look like, my brain inevitably pictures old caves where the bottles and barrels of wine sit and age.Thankfully here in the Bay Area, there is a place where I can get my fill of that Platonic ideal: Schramsberg in Calistoga. "Schramsberg sparkling wine has been around since 1965, when Jack and Jamie Davies bought and revived the property. The land and Schramsberg name came from Jacob Schram, a German immigrant who started making wine there in 1862. Since there was no way to control the temperature for properly aging his wine,...
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A Passion for California Bubbly
A Passion for California Bubbly
"To walk the grounds of the heavily forested Schramsberg winery is to step back in time. While most of this historic facility is state-of-the-art, much of it is as it was when German immigrant Jacob Schram pioneered winemaking on Diamond Mountain more than 150 years ago. "The location, at the northern tip of the Napa Valley, was so warm that Schram was left little choice but to dig caves to protect his young wines from the heat as the wines aged. The caves, the first in the Napa Valley, were completed in 1870. "The Victorian mansion, built in 1875, has...
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All-American Matchups
All-American Matchups
"Schramsberg Vineyards is a sparkling-wine house with 43 acres of Napa vineyards. It was first in the U.S. to produce a Blanc de Noirs style, made mostly from Pinot Noir. Schramsberg 2009 Blanc de Noirs displays flavors of apricot, guava, cherry raspberry and candied ginger. Its fuller body and vibrant acidity makes it a great pair with Asian cuisine, especially Peking duck."
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2013 Wine Star Award Nominees: American Winery of the Year
2013 Wine Star Award Nominees: American Winery of the Year
Each year, the editors of Wine Enthusiast Magazine honor the individuals and companies that have made outstanding achievements in the wine world. The winners will be announced in the special December 31 Wine Star Award issue.
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Bubbling under the surface: Californian sparklers
Bubbling under the surface: Californian sparklers
"Of all Californian wines, none defy preconceived notions more than traditional method sparkling wines. Their acidic backbone embodies the brisk freshness of coastal morning fog while brilliant afternoon sunshine is expressed in their pristine fruit. "A small elite of traditional method sparkling wines enjoys big recognition at home – being served at the White House seems to be the badge of honour that all the producers mentioned here share – but whenever there is talk of Californian wine, fizz hardly gets a mention. Certainly, production is small and exports are (still) marginal, but the quality of the wines deserves a...
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24th Annual Restaurant Poll – Most Popular Sparkling Wines
24th Annual Restaurant Poll – Most Popular Sparkling Wines
Schramsberg's Blanc de Blancs and Blanc de Noirs rank at number 3 on the list of most popular sparkling wines in Wine & Spirits Magazine's 24th Annual Restaurant Poll. "Sparkling wine earned more mentions among respondents' most popular wines than they have in more than a decade."
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American Sparkling Wine Comes of Age
American Sparkling Wine Comes of Age
Cookling Light Magazine features Schramsberg’s J. Schram as a celebration wine in their 25th anniversary issue. “This gorgeous glass of bubbly, called J. Schram, was produced the same year Cooking Light was born, 1987, and then the wine snoozed for more than two decades in the cool, deep stone caves of Schramsberg winery in Napa Valley…The ability of a California sparkling wine to age as well as a French Champagne is a kind of victory lap for U.S. winemaking….Today, a number of the French houses make bubbly in California, but Schramsberg and the Davieses still rule—on top of their game.”
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Schramsberg nominated for American Winery of the Year – 2011 Wine Star Awards
Schramsberg nominated for American Winery of the Year – 2011 Wine Star Awards
Each year, the editors of Wine Enthusiast Magazine honor outstanding achievement in the wine world, both within that given year and over time.
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