This juicy, overtly scented sparkling wine is made with the addition of hand-picked strawberries, which lends it a gorgeous ruby colour and the fragrance of strawberries in syrup. It has a light frothy mousse and a sweet, fruity palate, making it suitable for brunch or as an afternoon sipper. Chill it down and pour on ice or use it to make sangria. Also a great option for berry tarts and brunch with strawberry waffles!

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Wine Diva reviewed - December 12th, 2012

It's easy to gush over this fragrant wine with its delicate bubble.
It is also an excellent version of Moscato with its pretty apricot and candied ginger aromas wrapped around white raisins, citrus peels soaking in honey and garden flowers. The palate offers ginger biscuits, lemon curd, stone fruits and honey flavours. A very enjoyable sweet sipper with a lengthy finish.
A great dessert wine for fruit or apricot pastries, ginger spiked biscotti or a dried fruit and cheese plate.
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Wine Diva reviewed - December 7th, 2012

The classic White Foil Pol Roger is made from equal parts Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay from 30 different base wines from different crus (vineyards).
It is a fuller-bodied style house Champagne with aromas of baking bread, red berries and yellow fruits with roasted nuts, pastries and fine spice. It has a fantastic mousse with a tiny bead and plenty of sweet berry, citrus, toasted pastries and leesy flavours.
Time to celebrate!
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Wine Diva reviewed - December 7th, 2012

Here is a stylish Champagne, which provides a fresh celebratory sipper with a very appealing price tag. Made from a traditional blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with a dash of Pinot Meunier it offers delicate aromas of white blossoms, toasted apple brioche, hazelnut and sweet lemon. The palate is fine and creamy with classic leesy flavours wrapped around buttery pastries and citrus. It's a vibrant style with very good persistence and finesse.
You may have just found your new favourite Champagne.

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Wine Diva reviewed - December 7th, 2012

A great value bubbly and one you won't mind using in cocktails or mimosas. Expect aromas of white tree fruits, toast and lemons with undertones of herbs and grass clippings. It has a very moussey palate with sweet fruit, herbs and plenty of lemony flavours on the finish. Solid value, a buy-by-the-case bubbly when you're entertaining.
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Wine Diva reviewed - December 6th, 2012

Although it's gone up a couple bucks in price since I first started tasting this wine, it's still a good value!
It's not made in the traditional style (meaning the way the make sparkling in Champagne, France) but in a method called Methode Transvasee, which transfers it from bottle to tank and back again.
Made from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Rhine Riesling it is aged for over one year on it's lees to give it texture and character.
Aromas of toasted pastries, lemons, spring blossoms and creamy white fruit. The palate follows suit with toast, leesy flavours and citrus peel, which clings on the finish. Good complexity for the price, medium-sized bubbles and plenty of bright acidity to balance the toastiness.
Recommended pairings: salmon tartare, Sushi, and fried seafood, salty snacks, creamy cheeses or eggs benny.
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Wine Diva reviewed - December 6th, 2012

A lovely blend of Pinot Noir (61%), Chardonnay (36%) and a small amount of (3%) Pinot Gris grapes, which are all estate grown.
This traditionally made sparkling offers aromas of roasted nuts, lemon peel, acacia and talc and crisp apple and pear notes. It's wonderfully lively in the mouth with a creamy texture and long, citrusy fnish.
Great complexity, all in all, a very classy bubble.

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Wine Diva reviewed - December 6th, 2012

Grown on the rocky, calcium-rich benches of the Black Sage, south of Oliver, this fabulous Pinot Noir offers fragrant aromas of cherry and raspberry, sweet spices, cedarbox and violets with a core of rainforest floor, sage and white pepper. It's fresh and silky on the palate, it has an elegant, feminie character and plenty of juicy; high-toned red fruit underscored with leather and cedar flavours. The finish is clean and trails fine spice flavours.

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Wine Diva reviewed - November 27th, 2012

Stunning!
Fresh, lively citrus aromas are wrapped around mineral, spring blossoms, pristine stone fruit and honey. It has a lovely weight on the palate with impressive concentration and a racy, persistent finish.
It's a wine you'll return to again and again, for yourself and to impress your guests.

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Wine Diva reviewed - November 5th, 2012

Do you really need any more proof of the popularity of Argentine Malbec? Certainly not from the Catena family, who have been Malbec pioneers in Mendoza for more than 110 years.
It's a solid balance of sweet and savoury - aromas of blackberries and black cherries, vanilla liqueur, baking spice and lilacs are wound around savoury roasted and leathery notes. Roasted coffee flavours the entry and is followed with brown spice, supple black fruit, earth and finally dark roasted mocha flavours on the finish.
Recommended pairings: grilled meats and grilled vegetables and hearty pastas

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Wine Diva reviewed - November 5th, 2012