Bubblies: Sparkling Wines

Live blogging from our DGS sparkling wine tasting [hehe, the couple in the background is our first Singapore DGS couple. Woot woot!]. First up: Dog Leg from South Australia. Small bubbles, nice fizz on tongue, but a little too sweet for my liking. Yujuan is giving us the lowdown of the four different methods to [...]

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DGS Adventurous Wines

DGS went wild last night, with a tasting of wines from all over the world, in what we’d dubbed Dead Grapes Society Adventurous Wines. We had ~25 people and 16 bottles of wines (some doubled up). 1. Taberno Brut Champagne Style Charmat Method (Peru) $10 We kicked the tasting off with two bottles of Taberno, [...]

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Champagne Wishes and Monetary Limitations: Affordable Champagne Tasting

Domaine Ste. Michelle Brut – $8.99   wwenhuang: For the $ this is a great deal. Dry, refreshing, with nice tight bubbles and a hint of sweetness. aglassofwine: Simply put, Best Value; dry and crisp Veuve Cliquot Ponsardin Brut – $37.99 wwenhuang: This particular pour compared to the previous seemed to have more guts to [...]

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DGS Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines

Tomorrow, our wine group will be conducting a tasting of Champagne and other Sparkling wines - at brunch, no less.   As part of my research, I’m looking into Spumantes, otherwise known as sparkling wines in Italy. Italian sparklers hold a place near and dear to my heart, since they were one of my early introduction to wine. I fondly remember one cool October morning, [...]

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