Winemaker Notes
The Bluebird Cuvée Brut Sparkling is designated as a Brut level of sweetness. On the nose, this wine is floral with hints of honeysuckle, lychee, peach blossom and jasmine, accented with fresh coconut and lime zest. On the palate, the lime zest and peach blossom are joined by sweet vanilla which gives way to the bright grapefruit on the finish.
This wine will pair beautifully with fried chicken, truffle flavored chips, caviar blinis, and smoked salmon.
Representing the topmost expression of a Champagne house, a vintage Champagne is one made from the produce of a single, superior harvest year. Vintage Champagnes account for a mere 5% of total Champagne production and are produced about three times in a decade. Champagne is typically made as a blend of multiple years in order to preserve the house style; these will have non-vintage, or simply, NV on the label. The term, "vintage," as it applies to all wine, simply means a single harvest year.
From Alabama to Wyoming, each of the fifty United States produces wine—with varying degrees of success. Many of the colder northeastern states focus primarily on American or French-American hybrid varieties like Concord and Vidal, while Muscadine is the grape species of the warm, humid southeast. In Alaska, grapes are grown indoors in greenhouses; other states specialize in fruit wines, like the pineapple wine of Hawaii. New York and Virginia have thriving wine industries, and New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Michigan, Idaho, and Ohio are all worth keeping an eye on.