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- dryta_ld - 12-26-2003
I enjoy very sweet, fruity wines, and other sweet and smooth drinks like cherry brandy. I'm trying to find a good champagne or sparkling wine that may fit my tastes. Any suggestions?
- Etherized - 12-26-2003
Try an Asti Spumante. It's a sparkling wine from Italy that has a sweetness to it. A Martini and Rossi bottling can be found just about anywhere, and it's not bad. Hope it helped!
- Drew - 12-26-2003
Also try an Italian Prosecco sparkler, very nice for little money.
Drew
- dananne - 12-26-2003
I'd also suggest a sparkling Italian red by Banfi called Rosa Regale. It runs about $20 and tastes like bubbly raspberries.
- Brom - 12-26-2003
It is not likely you will find a champagne to your taste. Sweet champagnes are very rare.
Those that are off-dry or sweet will be marked "sec", "demi-sec", or "doux".
Spumante is made in the US as well as in Asti and other regions. Some good buys in off-dry and sweet are available domestically.
Prosecco can be iffy. Although some are made in a sweet style, it is also made completely dry. The majority that I have tasted have been dry and sharply acidic.
Spanish sparkling wine known as cava is available in sweet/off-dry styles. Look for a label that says "Semi-seco".
- Innkeeper - 12-26-2003
Off dry sparking wine is as common as dry. In sparkling winetalk Brut is dry, and Extra Dry means off-dry. The even sweeter sparklers are designated as listed by Brom. Spanish Cavas in the Extra Dry bottlings are wonderful.
- Georgie - 12-27-2003
We had some Il Fae (I think that's the name) Prosecco with appetizers on Christmas. Everybody loved it. I think it was a whopping $7.99 a bottle!