Mother’s Day is almost upon us and we hope your plans for celebrating her day are in place.
If lunch, dinner or an outdoor barbecue with the family is the order of the day, we have some suggestions for your table: sparkling wines from Barefoot Cellars that mom will love and will impress her with your choice.
Barefoot Cellars Bubbly Rose ($10) This delightful bubblers’ pink color and the aromas of strawberry jam and concord grapes will invite mom to take the first sip. The flavor continues the strawberry accented by a background of Georgia peaches.
Barefoot Cellars Bubbly Premium Extra Dry Chardonnay Champagne ($10) There is a bit of added sweetness, which helps to propel this wine to new heights of fun and enjoyment. The wine features green apple and citrus in the flavor and aroma and ends in a creamy, toasty, summer-fresh fruit finish.
Barefoot Cellars Bubbly Pinot Grigio ($10) Pinot grigio grapes produce a wine with a positive acid bite, a feature required for a sparkling wine to have character. The aroma and flavor features bright golden apples and tangerine that continue on to the finish.
Barefoot Cellars Bubbly Moscato Spumante ($10)If mom likes the Italian Asti Spumante, wait until she tastes its California cousin. As with all Spumante wines, it is resplendent with the aroma of orange blossoms amplified by its California birthplace. The flavor is sweet, accenting a honey and raisin component, which is further enhanced by the carbonation.
Barefoot Cellars Bubbly Brut Cuvee ($10)Brut means this wine is dry and very much in the French style. This is a fresh, bright and enjoyable sparkler that displays a bright yeast and bread aroma with hints of citrus. This carries over to the flavor and ends in a long and exceptional finish.
Barefoot Bubbly Citrus Fusion Sparkling Wine ($10) Take a really nice pinot grigio, meld it with pleasant citrus flavors, make it sparkling and you have Barefoot Bubbly Citrus Fusion. This wine explores all the flavors and aromas of a fine pinot grigio - apricots and pears - but mixes and merges the additional flavors of orange, passion fruit and peach resulting in a soft, full-flavored wine.
Barefoot Bubbly Tropical Fusion Sparkling Wine ($10)Bubbly Tropical Fusion is a feast from the tropics featuring pineapple, mango and papaya nestled comfortably within a sparkling pinot grigio.
Barefoot Bubbly Peach Fusion Sparkling Wine ($10) Here mom will not have to guess the direction this wine will take; it will definitely be peach. The base, like the other white Fusion wines, is pinot grigio, but here, the blending with the fruit flavor results is an wine that defines the word enjoyable.
Barefoot Bubbly Berry Fusion Sparkling Wine ($10) If mom likes a red wine, here is one made from pinot noir and barbera and combined with the flavors of sweet summer berries. What is amazing is the wine preserves the individual flavors and aromas of the base red wine while introducing the sensation of pomegranates, cranberries, cherries and fresh plum.
Nixa resident Bennet Bodenstein is a wine columnist and manages ArticlesOnWine.com. He can be reached at frojhe@suddenlink.net.[[In-content Ad]]
