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Article: A winemaker's journal: let the bubbles begin.(LL WINE ZONE)
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- Latino Leaders
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- December 1, 2005
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It must be the holidays ... colored lights am blinking on rooflines, Christmas trees am strapped to the tops of minivans, and Champagne corks am flying. I see more flutes of sparkling wine on restaurant tables, at friends' houses, and even here at the winery, where we pause for a toast to the vintage that has been and the one that's to come.
Makers of bubbly certainly have reason to celebrate at this time of the year. They sell more Champagne and sparkling wine between November and December than they do during all the other months of the calendar put together.
Why is sparkling wine so popular at this time of year? I'd guess that those long lines of tiny ...