{"id":6423,"date":"2011-02-07T00:26:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T00:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/16-million-bottles-is-a-lot-of-bubbles\/"},"modified":"2011-02-07T00:26:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T00:26:00","slug":"16-million-bottles-is-a-lot-of-bubbles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2011\/02\/16-million-bottles-is-a-lot-of-bubbles\/","title":{"rendered":"16-MILLION BOTTLES IS A LOT OF BUBBLES"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Ellis<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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A FIZZ bang for your buck:
Germany’s Henkell Trocken claims title
to being\u00a0 Europe’s “favourite sparkling wine.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

GERMANY’s most famous sparkling wine, Henkell Trocken Sekt goes back 155-years to 1856 when Adam Henkell began making a bubbly little drop that whilst popular, took three generations of the family to really hit its straps.<\/p>\n

And it was a 20-year-old, Otto Henkell who went to the USA to learn about marketing and trading, who finally put the wine on the world map: on his return home he recommended that the family discontinue its range of many differently-labelled sparkling wines, and produce just one Sekt (it means dry) bubbly of unmistakable flavour and quality.<\/p>\n

And in a standard-labelled bottle, that could be recognised instantly wherever it was sold \u2013 in Germany or internationally.<\/p>\n

It was revolutionary, and it worked. Today the company uses Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Blanc de Noir and Chenin from Rhine Valley vineyards to make a non-vintage fizz that’s German-precision consistent, with a palate of smooth and creamy citrus-like fruit flavours and a lingering finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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HISTORIC drop to share with a
rosemary-infused roast leg of lamb.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

It sells 16-million bottles a year and claims title to being “Europe’s favourite sparkling wine.” It is also exports to 100 countries internationally, making Henkell Trocken a party-time favourite world-wide; enjoy at just $18.99.<\/p>\n

ONE FOR LUNCH:\u00a0 BRAND’S Laira were the first to plant Merlot in Coonawarra, and two rows of the original vines amid its-now 300ha vineyards were basically the genesis of most of Coonawarra’s current Merlot plantings.<\/p>\n

Fruit from those two original rows was hand-selected and used to create small quantities of the unique 2007 Brand’s Laira Two Row Merlot, a big wine with varietal plum and blackberry flavours complemented by notes of cinnamon, chocolate and cedar. A great drop worth searching out \u2013 yet just $27.99. Share it with a rosemary-infused roast leg of lamb and baked vegies.<\/p>\n

NEED A FOOD\/DRINK IDEA? Check out\u00a0 http:\/\/www.vintnews.com<\/a> <\/p>\n

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