Did you know that in the ‘olden times’ sparkling wine was not made intentionally? The bubbles would just appear in the spring after the wine was harvested and bottled. Hence where the ‘ancestral method’ of making wine came about. This style of winemaking is ‘all the buzz’ as of late with the popularity, especially amongst ‘wine explorers’, of pet nat and col fondo sparkling wines. Read up in this article.

Is all sparkling wine created equal? Most definitely not! Read more about the history of sparkling wine, crucial differences in the wine-making processes, and what makes champagne, well champagne.