How to drink now
Dec 23, 2021
3 minutes
TEXT MICHELLE COBURN
Discover pét-nat wines
et what? It’s short for , a French term meaning “naturally sparkling”, referring to an artisanal method of wine making, or , that dates to before Champagne was first made. Described as a wilder version of Champagne (which undergoes a secondary fermentation in the bottle) pet-nat wines are bottled during their first fermentation. This allows the natural sugars in the grapes to produce carbon dioxide – and thousands of tiny bubbles. The results can be unpredictable, adding
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