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“When I think about my favorite sparkling wine producers and which cuvée I truly enjoy drinking the most, it tends to be rosé,” says Stoppelmoor. “I also love rosé sparkling wine with steak, specifically flank or filet mignon.” I love pairing with things like fried shrimp po’boys, crawfish jambalaya, and French fries,” says wine and travel consultant Julia Coney. All fruit is responsibly farmed and is cultivated in cool-climate areas in Pipers River. Jansz has been pioneering high-quality sparkling wines from Tasmania since 1975. The wine undergoes secondary fermentation in bottle and is aged on the lees for three years prior to release. This pinot noir-dominant rosé from the Land Down Under oozes with flavors of candied red fruit, rhubarb, cream, and rose petals. Region: Tasmania, Australia | ABV: 12.5% | Tasting Notes: Candied fruit, cream, rose petals This is a gorgeous and textbook Champagne-and if Champagne is the king of sparkling wines, the Brut Tradition is a pretty solid standard-bearer for the entire category. The palate is complex and generous, with flavors of black cherry, fresh mint, and toasted pastries leading to a savory mushroom finish. It drinks deliciously when it’s young and only adds richness with a few years of aging. Utilizing a blend of pinot noir (70%) and chardonnay (30%) grown in the grand cru villages of Bouzy, Verzenay, and Ambonnay, the Brut Tradition is a textured and expressive Champagne. Egly-Ouriet is an RM (récoltant-manipulant) or “grower” Champagne, meaning that the grapes are grown by the same estate that makes the wine-allowing for a cohesion of terroir and process that eludes the more familiar high-end brands. There are also significant plantings of Riesling in Austria, Serbia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Luxembourg, northern Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, China, Ukraine, and the United States.Region: Champagne, France | ABV: 12.5% | Tasting Notes: Black cherry, mint, pastry doughĭelicious, elegant, and frustratingly rare, the flagship Champagne from winemaker Francis Egly deserves a high spot on your list of bottles to try this year. In Germany, the variety is particularly widely planted in the Mosel, Rheingau, Nahe and Pfalz wine regions.

In 2015, Riesling was the most grown variety in Germany with 23.0% and 23,596 hectares (58,310 acres), and in the French region of Alsace with 21.9% and 3,350 hectares (8,300 acres). Riesling's naturally high acidity and pronounced fruit flavours give wines made from the grape exceptional aging potential, with well-made examples from favourable vintages often developing smoky, honey notes, and aged German Rieslings, in particular, taking on a "petrol" character. In Australia, Riesling is often noted for a characteristic lime note that tends to emerge in examples from the Clare Valley and Eden Valley in South Australia. A late-ripening variety that can develop more citrus and peach notes is grown in warmer climates (such as Alsace and parts of Austria). In cool climates (such as many German wine regions), Riesling wines tend to exhibit apple and tree fruit notes with noticeable levels of acidity that are sometimes balanced with residual sugar. Riesling is a variety which is highly "terroir-expressive", meaning that the character of Riesling wines is greatly influenced by the wine's place of origin. As of 2004, Riesling was estimated to be the world's 20th most grown variety at 48,700 hectares (120,000 acres) (with an increasing trend), but in terms of importance for quality wines, it is usually included in the "top three" white wine varieties together with Chardonnay and Sauvignon blanc.

Riesling wines are usually varietally pure and are seldom oaked.

It is used to make dry, semi-sweet, sweet, and sparkling white wines. Riesling is an aromatic grape variety displaying flowery, almost perfumed, aromas as well as high acidity. Riesling is a white grape variety which originated in the Rhine region.