QOTD: J Schram ’98 Rose – so far!! But I generally am not a sparkling fan…

QOTD: NV Pierre Gimonnet Brut Cuis Premier Cru

One of my favorite sparklers is Pierre Peters Blanc de Blanc Champagne. I think it’s the best value too.

Gary, cool quick episode.
QOTD- I can’t really say, last time I had a sparkling wine I was really paying that much attention to what wines I was drinking, I have a few in the basement I should just open.

I had that Riondo Prosecco at a friend’s house a few weeks ago, and I agree, it is totally awesome. That is the best sparkling wine I’ve ever had, completely delicious. I skipped over your Nino Franco review, I have that wine on the way and want to refresh my memory before seeing your opinion(a friend of mine gave me a bottle of that a wedding present a year ago and I remember it being good).

The Rondel Pura Raza Cava is another great sparkler in recent memory.

QOTD: N.V. Pierre Peters Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut Cuvée de Réserve – it’s what I drank last summer the night I got engaged!!!

OK, finally moving from the lurker stage… :o)
The best sparkling wine I’ve ever tasted was Champagne Philipponnat – Clos de Goisses 1992. Pinot Noir based blend, absolutely amazing.

QOTD: Love Schramsberg.

You really hit the nail on the head with the band-aid nose and taste of the Riondo. Enjoyed it a lot and really appreciate the intro to Prosecco, but may pass on future purchases of the Riondo. Just a little too much band-aid… Looking forward to future Prosecco purchases.

First enjoyed Prosecco on trip to Italy several years ago. Have been fan ever since, but never quite satisfied with local purchases. Until now. The Riondo was so tasty. Never experienced such mouth feel in a sparkling wine. Had a few glasses last night and woke up this morning to an empty bottle. Seems my wife liked it as well. Her response “My God that was good”. She was referring to the Riondo, not me. Thanks.

give it up for prosecco!!!! word up.

HEY PROSECCO LOOSER!!! REGARDING YOU STUPID CHALKBOARD PATS=*, DOES 16-0 MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU OR MAYBE YOU NEED TO WASH IT DOWN WITH A BOTTLE OF ITALIAN BUBBLES. YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PRETENTIOUS BOOZE, BUT NOTHING GOES DOWN AS EASILY AS A GLASS OF “PERFECT TEAM HAVING A PERFECT SEASON.” DRINK THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just had to respond to this post by “kathy” below:

1) It’s not “looser,” it’s loser. The first rule of insulting someone is that you should make sure you’re not making yourself seem ridiculously unintelligent in the process.

2) 16-0 means nothing without 19-0. Period.

Qotd: Thanks to WLTV – it’s now the Riondo Prosecco for the value and flovrs! It’s just an easy wine to drink and I love the banana flavor profile it has.

Okay, I just had a glass of Prosecco at an after work function and it was so amazing, I had to go to my local wine store to check it out. Turns out episode 13 & Gary helped. I had Riondo Prosecco and I absolutely recommend everyone go and buy a bottle. Not to mention its inexpensive. I’m thinking of the next party to have just so I can have this amazing beverage 😉

A few years ago in munich were i live, the fashionable drink was prosseco on ice. everyone was drinking it. if you ordered a prosesseco the waiter would ask whether you want it on ice… about that time i took a trip to rome and ordered prosesseco on ice and the waiter thought i was crazy but he gave it to me anyway, albeit in the wrong glass.

Sweet. I have had a few proseccos and are becomming fond of them. I forget about these being much better deals than most Champanges. QOTD: Sadly nothing comes to mind.

still catching up on old episodes and trying to get out of lurker mode. for the qotd i don’t have a lot of experience with sparkling wine but have always liked Roederer Estate.

just ordered 2 bottles of the Braida moscato d’asti for a little get-together So lets hope thats my new fav- also got the Albrecht Gewurztraminer Reserve.

Let’s see…if you’re buying, it’s Cristal for me. If I’m buying it’s Moet White Star. I love love love champagne & that White Star is so very smooth. However, I am ordering the Riondo. I’ll give it a whirl. I trusted you on the Fiorano Montepulciano & it was delicious! So tonight’s case will have both. Thanks for saving me the bones!!!!

Running through a few old episodes.

QOTD: Bollinger Special Cuveé

QOTD: Haven’t tried much decent sparkling white wine, but favourite sparkling so far is Majella Sparkling Shiraz 2005. Incidentally I was looking for tasting notes on Google and that’s how I found WLTV!

#3?

qotd: best I've ever gotten to taste was a Veuve Cliquot Ponsardin La Grand Dame 1996. As far as what I can afford, I had a nice Cremant du Jura rose the other day that was delicious.

Just had the Riondo Prosecco this weekend. Very refreshing and delicious especially on the beach. Completely agree with the Rick Flair golden locks comment.