Barefoot
By Marisa D'Vari | December 23rd, 2009 | Category: Wine reviews | 2 comments
Barefoot Sparkling Wines
Just in time for the holidays, affordable (around $10) sparkling wines! Barefoot bubbly has won several Gold Medal awards, and is very cutely packaged with the familiar "bare footprint" right on the bottle.
I popped the cork for a pre-xmas office party, and the crowd devoured the Moscoto sparkler before I could taste. The Rose sparkler -- with flavors of Strawberry and Peach -- was also popular.
Barefoot wines
The company also makes some fruity varietal wines ... overall a playfully themed, affordable beverage that added a sense of pre-holiday fun to warm up a chill day.
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We just popped open a bottle for a sparkling wine brunch with friends and found it much sweeter then we would have liked. For the price point I honestly would pay a few dollars more (when on sale) and purchase a Mumm or Domaine Chandon- mostly because I like a less sweet and crisp sparkling wine.
Did you try the Moscato? That was the more off dry wine everyone at the office party drank first! and liked, And you are right about Mumm and Domaine Chandon, they are dry with a long history behind them. From its clever packaging Barefoot and “variretal” sparklers it seems as if Barefoot was meant to be an affordable party wine for younger people who like a sweeter style.
For your next brunch you might dry Spanish Cava before (the sweeter) Italian Prosecco. Cava undergoes the same “traditional” method as Champagne (also like Mumm and Chandon) whereas Prosecco is processed in a tank. Some wine stores carry French sparkling wine, called Cremant, that can be produced in both the traditional (quality) and tank method. Fun to try — yet I suggest waiting until the euro goes down because right now they are more expensive than the California sparklers you mentioned and at the lower ends, not as good!