American Sparkling Wines Surge

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for the Dec. 31, 2006 issue

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Tim Fish
Issue: December 31, 2006

For decades, American winemakers have been saying that they were on the verge of producing world-class sparkling wine. Certainly, individual wines and producers have lived up to that claim over the years, and while Champagne remains safely in a class by itself, the latest releases of domestic sparkling wines offer some of the best quality to date.

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