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    THE COMING OF THE CRÉMANTS? FRANCE’S OTHER BUBBLIES

    Jul 01, 2018 4 minutes
    WORDS SALLY EASTON MW

    HAS the time finally come for crémants to carve a slightly bigger cut of the sparkling wine cake? These wines are generally regarded as potentially good value. The quality of these bubblies has been improving over the last couple of decades, and further impetus in that direction has seen the recent creation of tighter regulations for top cuvées in three of the crémant appellations.

    What are crémants? The umbrella term is used to denote one group of regional French sparkling wines made outside of the Champagne region, and made in the traditional method, that is, the same way as Champagne. (There are also

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