The Sparkling Season

By: Treve Ring

The Week In Review

It's that time of the year when sparkling wine sales skyrocket as people ring in the holiday season with a glass (or two) of fizz.

We drink sparkling wines year round, of course, and plentifully so. But there is something festive about popping that cork when you're making merry with friends and family over the winter holidays. Today, we've posted the first of several pieces on fizz covering both Champagne and Traditional Method Sparkling wine. Check back all week for more stories and picks.

Written By: TR

Treve Ring

Treve Ring is a wine writer and editor, judge and speaker, and perpetual traveller. She is based on Vancouver Island, Canada, though is most often found on a plane or in a vineyard. After completing her Art History degree with Distinction from the University of Victoria and being exposed to the world of wine business at Christie’s in London, England, she switched gears, leaving the realm of art for the world of wine. She is a certified sommelier, WSET diploma holder, Champagne Master, Wine Scholar Guild instructor, and certified Sherry instructor, and has been presenting on wine internationally since co-founding Cru Consultancy, a boutique wine education and consultation company, in 2012. She is the current Chair of the Vancouver Island Sommelier Association.