Great American Sparklers: 2024 Edition! (California Brut Sparkling Wines for the 4th of July - or Anytime!)

The Wine Pair Podcast

What’s more American than sparkling wine?!? Seriously, we make a lot of sparkling wine in the U.S. and we drink a lot of sparkling wine, too! And we think there is hardly anything better on warm summer afternoons and evenings than a nice glass of bubbly! Don’t save sparkling just for serious occasions. And on July 4th?!? Sparkling wine is perfection! This week, we talk about California sparkling wines and what makes them similar and different from the great sparkling wine Champagne, and we taste and review two reasonably priced California sparkling wines that we think are great choices for the 4th of July, or any random Tuesday during the summer! One of the wines we think would also be a fantastic option for the oaky Chardonnay lover in your life. So, if you have not been able to convince them that oaky Chardonnay is overrated, maybe you can at least get them to drink a nice sparkling wine with you! Wines reviewed in this episode: Decoy Brut Cuvee, Paula Kornell California Brut.

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Chapters

1. Introduction, why sparkling wine is great for summer (00:00:00)

2. Topic: Sparkling Wine Production in the United States (00:11:43)

3. American Sparkling Wines We Chose for This Episode (00:18:32)

4. Decoy Brut Cuvee Wine Tasting, Pairing, and Review (00:23:09)

5. Paula Kornell California Brut Wine Tasting, Pairing, and Review (00:29:26)

6. Taste profiles expected from California Sparkling Wine (00:34:58)

7. Outro and how to find The Wine Pair Podcast (00:37:41)