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Sparkling wine or Champagne, classic method or charmat method? Spumanti di Valdobbiadene, Prosecco, or Bollicine della Franciacorta? Here is a brief guide to understanding the different processing methods. In the Classic Method and in Champagne, refermentation takes place in the bottle. After the first fermentation, the base wine thus produced, usually with a very marked acidity, is bottled with the addition of the so-called liqueur de tirage, a mixture of sugar, yeast and wine capable of starting the refermentation in the bottle, thus producing the carbon dioxide that gives the wine the traditional foam, the so-called "perlage". In general, the second fermentation lasts a few weeks, then the wine will remain in contact with its fine lees for a period of time ranging from a few years to decades, acquiring aromas and aromas that characterize it, in short, the more time the better. When the winemaker decides that it is the time for disgorgement, the bottles are shaken and rotated periodically to allow the lees to flow towards the cork, in a special container called bidule. This operation can last months, in fact today this work is done with machines called giropallets. When all the dregs are in the bidule the cork is removed by quickly uncorking the bottle so that there is no dispersion of wine and bubbles. There are two opening procedures: freezing the neck of the bottle so as to solidify the lees, or with a more traditional method called a la voleè, used above all in the case of magnums. The bottle is then topped up with the so-called liqueur d'expedition consisting of wine, brandy and sucrose. Depending on the amount of liqueur added, sparkling wines are divided into: pas dosè, extra brut, brut, extra dry, and sweet. In Italy there are many wineries producing sparkling wines Metodo Classico, and the best ones are found in Franciacorta, and in Trentino. In the Charmat or Martinotti Method instead, the refermentation takes place in an autoclave and the yeast sediment is eliminated by isobaric filtration before bottling. It is a method invented by the Italian Federico Martinotti, director of the Royal Oenological Station of Asti, but which was patented by the French engineer Eugène Charmat. It requires shorter processing times, even if there is a short method that lasts 3 months and a long one that usually lasts 6 months. It is used for those vines that can express fresh and fruity aromas such as Moscato, Riesling, Glera, and Muller Thurgau. The Charmat method allows to obtain both sweet and dry sparkling wines and is used to produce Asti spumante, Moscati, Prosecco and aromatic Malvasia. There is a third method for the formation of bubbles called the Ancestral Method. The "Ancestral Method" is the oldest and most natural procedure for obtaining sparkling wines characterized by a delicate and persistent perlage. An example of all, are two regions of great tradition such as Emilia Romagna with its Lambrusco or Veneto with its Prosecco "con il fondo". Looking beyond Italy, the Blanquette in Languedoc-Roussillon in France stands out. In the Ancestral method the fermentation is stopped at a precise sugar content, necessary to guarantee the recovery of the same after bottling, without the additional addition of sugars and yeasts. With the arrival of the first warm, usually in spring, the fermentation starts again with the formation of bubbles, or as the French say, a slightly sparkling "petillant". These wines that do not undergo disgorgement usually appear turbid and present the classic smell of bread crust due to the action of yeasts.

SKU: JPR003

Fetembulles is an ancestral Chenin blanc based sparkling wine which is hand-blossomed bottle by bottle. Wine of infinite tension and emotional power. At the exit he has not yet carried out all the sugar, therefore he will present himself with a "soft" finish. Towards summer it normally becomes completely dry. Zero added sulphites

Region: France, Loire.

Grapes: Chenin Blanc.

Alcohol content: 11.5%.

Aging: 24 months on the lees.

Contains sulfites

€47.90
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SKU: ROCH003

Domaine des Roches Neuves' Bulles de Roche is an expressive and mineral sparkling wine that was born and grown in Saumur, in the Loire, obtained from a blend of Chenin Blanc, 95% present, and Cabernet Franc, 5%. The base wine ages in wood used in which previously passes the Insolite It remains on the lees for 18 months. At sight it shows an intense yellow color. The scent recalls the citrus notes of grapefruit and lemon, on a pleasantly floral background of wildflowers and aromatic herbs. In the mouth it is savory and fresh, elegant and mineral. It closes with a stretch of finesse that distinguishes Chenin Blanc.

Region: France, Loire.

Grapes: 95% Chenin, 5% Cabernet Franc.

Alcohol content: 12,5%.

Aging: 18 months on the lees.

€37.90
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SKU: BRT001

Bergianti's "Per Franco" is a wine made from Lambrusco Salamino grapes produced with the method of refermentation in the bottle. It was born in memory of Gianfranco Bergianti's gatherings in the village clubs.  After the manual harvesting of the grapes, fermentation occurs spontaneously in concrete tanks, with a second refermentation in the bottle.  The Perfranco is a fresh and taut wine, pleasant and refreshing, with hints of wild strawberries and bread crust.

Region: Emilia Romagna

Grapes: Lambrusco Salamino

Alcohol content: 12%

Aging: Refermentation in the bottle.

Contiens sulfites

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SKU: PIS002

Falistra is a 100% Lambrusco di Sorbara produced with the method of refermentation in the bottle. Cherry pink in color, with a fine and light perlage. Notes of cherry, black currant and blackberry stand out on the nose. In the mouth it has excellent freshness, good minerality, and a finish that leaves a pleasant fruity sensation.

Region: Emilia Romagna.

Grapes: Lambrusco di Sorbara.

Alcohol content: 11,5%.

Aging: Refermentation in the bottle.

Contains sulfites

€13.90
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SKU: FUR008

The "Antico" sparkling wine is obtained using white grapes that come from vineyards over 35 years old grown in Trentino pergola on medium-textured limestone soils. Spontaneous fermentation for the formation of the base wine and re-fermentation in the bottle after it remains to refine on the lees for two years. It is not opened and no sulfur is added before it is put on the market. It has a slightly turbid straw yellow color with lively bubbles. Classic aromas of bread crust, flowers and light mineral notes on the nose. In the mouth great drinkability, pleasantness and all the experience of the yeasts that enhances the mineral strength of the alpine place.


Grapes: White grapes.

Alcohol content: 11.5%.

Aging: Some months in the bottle on the lees.

Contains sulgites

€15.90
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SKU: PAL005

Paltrinieri's Radice is a sparkling wine made from 100% Lambrusco di Sorbara grapes from the Cristo di Sorbara vineyard. The refermentation occurs naturally in the bottle using only indigenous yeasts. A wine with a light ruby ​​red color with intense and fine notes of violet and berries. In the mouth the taste is dry, full, fresh and with a marked flavor.

Region: Emilia Romagna.

Grapes:  Lambrusco di Sorbara.

Alcohol content: 11%.

Aging:  Refermentation int he bottle.

Contains sulfites

€13.90
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SKU: CAG001

Carolina Gatti's Bolle Bandite is a fresh and mineral sparkling white wine produced with the method of refermentation in the bottle. It has a straw yellow color tending to gold with a nose that smells of ripe white fruit. The mouth is fresh balanced by a pleasant citrus mordant.

Grapes: White grapes.

Alcohol content: 11,5%.

Aging: Refermentation in the bottle.

Contains sulfites

€14.90
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