Sparkling BTG

Question 1

NV Lares “Chimera” Willamette Valley, OR

Answer 1

Pinot Gris, Riesling, & Barrel-Fermented Apple

Question 2

“Chimera” Tasting Note & Price

Answer 2

Crisp, mild, cool: like biting into an apple on a beach

$17 / 68

Question 3

NV Wild Blueberry Sparkling Wine Bluet, Jefferson, ME

Answer 3

Wild, Maine Blueberries

Question 4

Bluet Sparkling Blueberry Wine Tasting Note & Price

Answer 4

Wild blue fruit, bone-dry and effervescent with flavors of blueberry shrub and olive tapenade (think N. Rhone Syrah). No, it’s not blue, but it’s not not-blue.
$14 / $56

Question 5

NV Sparkling Junmai Sake Fukucho “Seaside,” Akitsu, Hiroshima

Answer 5

Nakate Shin-​senbon rice

Question 6

Fukucho “Seaside” Sparkling Junmai Sake Tasting Note & Price

Answer 6

Beautiful Champagne-method heritage sake from a woman toji (master brewer) that tastes like lemon peel and white flowers, with a mineral quality like snowmelt.