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12.29.2008

Submitted by bdisylvester on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 1:01am.
The Bite:
imageThe answer to making sure you enjoy yourself before ringing in '09 with a hangover (the way it's intended)? Sparkling vino, natch. Our bubbly picks this year include the apple-and-orangy Hermann J. Wiemer Blanc de Noir, grown in the Finger Lakes with only organic fertilizers and a wee 'mount of preservative sulfites (85% fewer than norm). Also: the newly bottled Wölffer Sparkling Brut, made from handpicked Chard' grapes in Sagaponack, NY, grown without insecticides or herbicides. You'll get all the fizz without the excess fuel - these local bottles travel 7,374 fewer miles than the French stuff...scoring a little extra eco-cred.
Wanna Try: 
Hermann J. Wiemer Blanc de Noir and Wölffer Sparkling Brut, available online or at Bridge Urban Winery, 20 Broadway, Brooklyn. Map It (718-384-2800). Blanc de Noir, $26/bottle, Sparkling Brut, $35/bottle.
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Cocktail Fact

The pressure in a bottle of champagne is about 90 pounds per square inch.

Small Changes Add Up

If 10,000 NY Biters drink a bottle of NY sparkling wine instead of champagne produced in France this New Year's Eve, it'll have the same CO2-reducing effect as 13 full-grown trees.

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