The Trader Joe's Platinum Reserve Sonoma County Brut Rosé is a $14.99 Trader Joe's exclusive produced for them by Rack and Riddle from Sonoma, California. Rack and Riddle is a custom Sparkling wine producer making Bubbly in the Traditional Method (Champagne-style). The Trader Joe's Platinum Reserve Sonoma County Brut Rosé is mostly Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, with a … [Read more...]
Trader Joe’s Reserve North Coast Brut
The Trader Joe's Reserve North Coast Brut is a $9.99 Trader Joe's exclusive non-vintage Sparkling wine produced for them by Rack and Riddle out of Healdsburg, California. Rack and Riddle is a large operation specializing in Traditional Method (Champagne-style) Sparkling wines. They make plenty of Bubbly that shows other wineries' labels, you may not be aware of it but if you … [Read more...]
Burlwood Cellars Brut Rosé
The Burlwood Cellars Brut Rosé is a $4.99 Sparkling wine from Aldi. It is produced by a wine company from Modesto, California which would seem to strongly suggest that some entity of E & J Gallo was involved. This a five-buck Bubbly that sells for $10 to $12 in states without Aldi stores. I don't know which grapes were used, Aldi gives tasting notes of strawberries, … [Read more...]
Graham Beck Brut Rosé
The Graham Beck Brut Rosé is a blend of 66% Pinot Noir and 34% Chardonnay sourced from Estate and contracted vineyards in the Western Cape growing region of South Africa. Graham Beck has been producing Sparkling wine, which they call Cape Classique, since 1983. They produce and cellar this Bubbly at their Estate. This is a non-vintage Bubbly made from grapes from different … [Read more...]
Barefoot Bubbly Brut Rosé 2020
The Barefoot Bubbly Brut Rosé 2020 is a Sparkling wine made with the Charmat Method (just like Prosecco) and produced by E & J Gallo. This particular version of this Bubbly is the Pride Edition and seems to be vintage-dated, this is usually a non-vintage Bubbly. Barefoot does not list the grapes used or what is different in this vintage-dated version of the wine. Most … [Read more...]
