"Caraccioli Cellars is a local sparkling producer worth knowing. Guided by the late Frenchman Michel Salgues, who spent 20 years at Roederer in Anderson Valley, this family of longtime row crop farmers began making world-class sparkling wine from the Santa Lucia Highlands 15 years ago. Acclaimed from their first vintage, they've been producing authoritatively statuesque sparklers like this since. Made in the French style but from California fruit, this shows a tension between creamy apple and pear and refreshing citrus."
"This appealing berry bowl made of pinot noir grown at the Gali Estate vineyard in Watsonville is paired with a raspberry ganache truffle made by Chocolatier Julia Anderson of Blue Canary Sweets as part of a seasonal tasting of five Gali wines. Anderson, who formerly owned Fleur de Cocoa in Los Gatos, created a box of five chocolates for the pairings, which are available until the end of February or until they run out of chocolate."
Sparkling wine is presented as an ongoing way to celebrate love, with selections from Central Coast, Napa, and Sonoma. Caraccioli Cellars from Santa Lucia Highlands produces French-style sparkling from California fruit, offering creamy apple, pear and refreshing citrus tension. Gali Vineyard Brut Rosé from Watsonville is a pinot noir–based berry bowl paired with raspberry ganache truffles by Chocolatier Julia Anderson, available as part of a seasonal five-wine tasting through February. Rhys Vineyards Late Disgorged Brut Rosé, from Skyline, Mount Madonna and Anderson Valley, is laden with rose petals and raspberry mousse. Frank Family Brut Rosé features sheer pink color, rose petal and spring strawberry notes.
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