The Other Bubblies

The Other BubbliesAs January First approaches, corks will pop from well-iced bottles and a pale, luminescent beverage will gush forth in a glory of foam and froth. The mood definitely will be champagne, but the wine may or may not be. Americans tend to call every wine that bubbles champagne and at one time that was the only sparkling wine. But today the designation is generally reserved for the elegant, somewhat austere wines of the Champagne region of France, a relatively small area 90 miles ea...