Food For Thought

The Right Bubbly Can Make Your Valentine's Day

Columnist Bob Leo takes a look at some options when choosing a sparkling wine.

What is more romantic than a quiet night with your best girl ( or guy ) and a bottle of your favorite bubbly?   Right away you thought champagne, didn't you? Well all that sparkles isn't French. Certainly the Champagne region of France produces the most famous and some of the finest sparkling wines in the world. Many other countries produce very good sparklers. Espumantes from Portugal, Spanish cavas, pezsgo from Hungary, German sekt, and plethora of Italian wines are most definitely worthy of an intimate evening. Champagne is only one of many French sparkling wines and Italy produces asti, francacorta, trento, proscecco and the rarest of all sparkling wines, the ruby red brachetto.   Bubbles in wine are produced by carbon dioxides. CO2 …

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