Konzelmann Four Generations Fresco Secco, VQA

We here at RWR have a lot to celebrate. My high school friend MB got married last weekend to the love of her life in a beautiful wedding. My OTHER high school friend Dr. D got ENGAGED!!!!! My friend from undergrad E is getting married in April. My friend K got married! My friends C and R did too! M is pregnant! And I, along with many of my grad school friends, are teaching for the first time. It is a season of excitement. It calls for sparkling wine!

But here is the truth, dear reader. While I love reds, whites, and roses from around the world, sparkling wine and champagne are not my best friends. Perhaps fuelled by memories of defiantly drinking Bright's Presidents Dry Sparkling wine at New Years with my parents to prove I was sophisticated, the thought of drinking it makes me cringe. So I took a leap of faith. I did something I have never done. I used the LCBO Wine Match tool: http://lcbo.ca/winestyles/index.shtml. I think I know my own pallette in all other regards pretty well. But I took a chance on it for sparkling wine. I put in "sparkling" as my colour, and then knowing my budget would not allow "rich and complex" and that since I don't like the taste of sparkling wine "Medium-bodied and flavourful" might not be my bag, baby, I chose to go with "Light and fruity," a tried and true description of wines I liked. This one popped up and at $11.70 was a good match to my price range. I took it to my friend Miss J's house to drink in between MB's ceremony and reception. Her mom, Mama M, is a wine lover like me, so I knew I'd be in good company. So with the scene set, let's cheers the couple and taste some wine!

Mama M - I liked this wine. It was a bit nutty flavoured and dry. It was very drinkable. Though my favourite overall champagne is Veuve Clicquot and my favourite cheap champagne is Freixenet Carta Nevada Sparkling, I would be happy to add this into my rotation. This wine is a Riesling as well, which I don't usually like, but then again I also don't usually like sweet wines, but I do like this one. A fitting celebration of MB!

A - This is sweet and a little lemony and fruity. It's just dry enough to keep the sweetness from being obnoxious or headache-inducing though! This is a characteristic I appreciate, because I find other sparkling wines  give me huge headaches. This wine was more like a fizzy normal wine, instead of a fake champagne type sparkling wine. It is very pleasantly fruity and it does have a bit of a sweet nutty aftertaste, like almonds. I could actually drink this on its own for fun, as a normal drinking wine, which is saying something. MB's wedding is JUST THAT GOOD!

J - I like it. I am not a champagne drinker but would finish this glass. This is saying a lot because that is not always the case for champagnes and sparkling wines.

Papa J - I liked it, I tasted a little oak.