{"id":1780,"date":"2009-12-28T12:08:37","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T17:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=1780"},"modified":"2009-12-28T12:08:37","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T17:08:37","slug":"ringing-in-the-new-year-with-champagne-or-sparkling-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/28\/ringing-in-the-new-year-with-champagne-or-sparkling-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Ringing in the New Year with Champagne or Sparkling Wine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How are you ringing in the New Year? Are you planning on celebrating with a delightful glass of Champagne or perhaps a sparkling wine and hopes for a brighter 2010?<\/p>\n<p>According to the EU, only wine from the Champagne may be labeled \u201cChampagne.\u201d Some wineries have been grandfathered in and thus able to use &#8220;Champagne.&#8221;\u00a0Visitors to some US wineries will note that the word Champagne or sparkling wine may be used.<\/p>\n<p>Does it make a difference to a consumer whether they are drinking Champagne or a sparkling wine? I suppose the perception of drinking Champagne is one of expense but is there a difference in quality between Champagne and sparkling wine? I enjoy a good sparkling wine as much as good Champagne. To me the difference is between what grapes are used as well as the skill of the winemaker.<\/p>\n<p>What will you be celebrating the New Year with? A sparkling wine, Champagne or another type of wine?<\/p>\n<p>Cheers! Kathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Ringing in the New Year with Champagne or Sparkling Wine?\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=1780\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How are you ringing in the New Year? Are you planning on celebrating with a delightful glass of Champagne or perhaps a sparkling wine and hopes for a brighter 2010? According to the EU, only wine from the Champagne may be labeled \u201cChampagne.\u201d Some wineries have been grandfathered in and thus able to use &#8220;Champagne.&#8221;\u00a0Visitors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[175,907,908,149],"class_list":["post-1780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-newscommentary","tag-champagne","tag-eu","tag-new-year","tag-sparkling-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1781,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780\/revisions\/1781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}