The techniques of sparkling winemaking did not originate with the Benedictine monk Dom Pérignon, nor was the first purposely sparkling wine produced in the region of Champagne. Regardless, through centuries of refinement Champagne has become the world’s leading sparkling wine and the vinous embodiment of luxury and celebration.
Transversage and transfer method are similar but not the same, and the description here conflates the two. While both are transferred to pressurized tank, transversage sees remuage and disgorgement whereas transfer method does not. As I understand it, transversage is used in bottling special sizes and not transfer method. Also spelling needs a quick fix.
Any updates on this front...? Came up in study group this week with a couple people having conflicting info whether or not its officially 357 now.
Time to update the Methode Ancestral section to something more robust - Pét Nat is rapidly increasing in accessibility, affordability, and availability as a sparkling wine category in major cities. We have to start paying attention to it.
Hi Keith, this is a good question. In practice, people often refer to training methods and pruning methods interchangeably since pruning ultimately determines the training style. While it can be helpful when learning about pruning/training to try to break these concepts apart to make the ideas more digestible, outside of the academic setting, you'll most commonly hear these referred to as pruning methods/styles. I'm going to leave the language as is to reflect that, and to match the English translation on the website for the Comité Champagne.
Not to delve too deeply into hot-button current events, but modern usage would suggest that ‘the Ukraine’ should just read ‘Ukraine’.