I tend to drink more bubbly in the warmer weather.  Everyone seems to drink their sparkling wine out of flutes (the long slender glasses).  This is fine for the cheapo bubbly, but not for the good stuff.  Top Champagne producers will tell you to drink high quality sparkling wine out of a regular wine stem.  This allows more aromas to be released. The design of the champagne flute is meant to hold more of the carbonation in, while...

Sparkling Shiraz, you say?  Yes.  They’ve been around for years, but have yet to gain widespread popularity.  Usually the good ones are too expensive to appeal to the curious customer.  No way in hell I would gamble my money on an expensive sparkling Shiraz.  But luckily, working in the wine industry has it’s perks . The 2006 MollyDooker “GooseBumps” sparkling Shiraz is one unique wine!  It’s a full...