October ’24 Feature: Pétillant Naturel Sparkling Wines

By: David Ulrich Pétillant naturel (naturally bubbly) is the oldest method of making sparkling wine. It is also known as the méthode ancestrale or ancestral method. Though this approach to making fizzy wine originated in southwestern France in the 1500s. This winemaking technique involves bottling wine that is still fermenting to trap carbon dioxide gas […]