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May 22, 2026

Pétillant Natural 2025

Sonoma Valley, Sonoma, CA

If you want to drink a sparkling wine when it’s as close to its beautiful infancy as possible, you have to get a great Pét-Nat. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

94 points Karen MacNeil / WineSpeed

Available at Scribe Winery

Last year (2025), the two countries that imported the most Champagne were the US followed by the UK. Together, these two countries consume a massive amount of France’s top bubbly. What country was third in Champagne imports? The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

A. Brazil

B. China

C. Switzerland

D. Japan

The Great White Wine Emojency

If you’ve ever used the red wine or sparkling wine emojis (and so many of us have), it seems odd that there’s isn’t a white wine emoji. Especially odd now, at least in the US, where white wine consumption has surpassed red.

New Zealand (home to lots of zesty white wines) isn’t sitting this one out. As recently reported in the ARENI newsletter (Areni is a wine think-tank), the New Zealand Winegrowers association has decided to tackle the injustice. In April 2026 they officially launched The Great White Wine Toast, a global public campaign demanding the creation of a white wine emoji.

Alas, birthing a new emoji is easier said than done. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.