The best bang for your buck and the most fun for your guests, these are the wines that make your holiday parties shine.

Non-Vintage Sparkling Wine from Crémant/Blanquette de Limoux, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

'Top 100 Values of 2010' and 88 points Wine & Spirits: This sparkler's zingy lemon-lime flavors evolve into fuller pineapple notes, a yeasty character adding breadth. With its cardamom-like spice, it's suited to rich fish or roasted chicken. (Jun…

Vintage Sparkling Wine from Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Sparkling dry white from 100% Malvasia. Cold maceration is kept to a minimum to enhance the fresh aromatic notes of the variety. The wine is bottled keeping its natural yeasts from the fine lees. When these dissolve they give more complexity and…

Non-Vintage Sparkling Wine from Lombardia, Italy

70% Chardonnay, 25% Pinot Blanc, 5% Pinot Noir. Aged a minimum of 18 months on the lees. Intense straw yellow color. Fine aromas of yeast and ripe fruit. Long, soft and fragrant on the palate.

Vintage Sparkling Wine from Piedmont, Italy

A unique sparkling wine made from Erbaluce and aged in bottle for 18 to 36 months, all in the Champagne tradition. The soil underlying the Erbaluce vineyards was formed millions of years ago during the ice age and is essentially a glacial moraine of…

Vintage Sparkling Wine from Gavi/Cortese di Gavi DOCG, Piedmont, Italy

The sparkling brut from La Ghibellina is made from 100% estate-grown Cortese, aged on the lees for 24 months. There are few Italian indigenous varieties that make very good 'classic method' sparkling wines, and the tart mineral character of Cortese…

Non-Vintage Sparkling Wine from Mendoza, Argentina

Yellow color with greenish nuances and a fine continuous stream of bubbles. First, the bouquet reveals intense honey, well integrated with white fruits such us pear and quince, typical of the Chardonnay variety from Tupungato. Toasted bread and honey…

Non-Vintage Rosé Sparkling Wine from Alsace, France

Stephan Reinhardt (Wine Advocate): Based on Pinot Noir... very pale color with just a hint of rosé. Very delicate fruit aroma with hints of red berries and flowers on the very subtle, fresh and elegant nose lead to a full-flavored and quite…

Non-Vintage Rosé Sparkling Wine from Beaujolais, France

A biodynamic certified sparkling Gamay from Beaujolais with a delightful pink hue.

Non-Vintage Sparkling Wine from Burgundy, France

Chardonnay and Aligoté. The Chardonnay, by far the majority, supplies it with all the traits of its character. The Aligoté gives it the gift of vivacity. Well balanced, this cremant's vitality and youthfulness will know how to seduce the palate of…

Non-Vintage Rosé Sparkling Wine from Burgundy, France

100% Pinot Noir. Its delicate color and unique aromas are obtained through a short maceration of the Pinot Noir. Fruity nose and fine effervescence. Round and elegant. A delicious compliment to any dessert. John Gilman: ...lovely color of bright…

Non-Vintage Sparkling Wine from Prosecco DOCG, Veneto, Italy

88 points Wine & Spirits: A crisp Prosecco with scents of almonds and rising bread dough, this feels luscious on the palate. Its rich marzipan sweetness cleans up in a tart green apple finish, balanced for aperitifs. (Aug 2014)

Non-Vintage Sparkling Wine from Cava, Spain

89 points and '100 Top Values of the Year,' Wine & Spirits: The delicious green apple flavors of this wine hide more delicate scents of lime, spice and fresh herbs. It’s simple and juicy, with a thin line of bubbles to refresh a salade niçoise. (Jun…