Vintage Champagne wines are: The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
A. Made every year by all Champagne firms, from a blend of wines of that year
B. Made from one year exclusively and one grape exclusively
C. Made in years the Comité Interprofessionel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC) declares a vintage year
D. Made from the grapes of a single given year that Champagne firms individually deem as high in quality
Why So Much Italian Wine?
In the United States, most of the wine that’s imported is Italian. In 2025 some 93.2 million gallons of Italian wine were imported into this country. In fact, Italian wine has led US imports for decades, hitting a peak in 2021 with 43% of all US table wine imports. Is it because Italian wine is just so good? I love lots of Italian wine, but I’m sure “goodness” has nothing to do with it. What does? The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
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