The Philadelphia Inquirer
by Marnie Old
…Nowadays, the Champagne region’s three native grapes and its complex method of winemaking still make the world’s finest sparkling wines, even when the grapes are grown elsewhere, as with this delightful beauty from coastal Oregon. Its blend of the three key grapes is aged long to deliver a wine that is bone-dry and whose tart, snappy apple flavors merge seamlessly with the heady yeasty scent of rising bread dough.
Argyle “Vintage Brut” sparkling wine, Willamette Valley, Ore.