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First of all the Wine Witch is completely shocked that she liked this wine.  It is definitely sweet – along the lines of a Reisling.  What saves it is that it finishes quite crisp and not at all cloying.  You see the price tag above – really cheap.  Last but not least it is only 10% alcohol.

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OK – the first thing that needs to be cleared up is the use of the word Champagne.  All Champagne is sparkling wine, but very little sparkling wine is Champagne.  You may recall from other posts that the French name their wines after where they are grown and not the grape in the bottle.  Champagne is a rather small wine region in France, and technically only wines that come from there have the right to be called Champagne.  Wine makers outside of France (especially the U.S. and Southern Hemishpere) hoping to cash in on Champagne’s mystic often call their sparkling wines Champagne.  They shouldn’t, but they do and the Wine Witch is not going to start swimming against the tide here.  If you see sparkling wines in this post or other reviews called Champagne when they are not, just relax and go with it.  We all know what we are talking about here.

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