Word: korbel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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However, exception must be taken to your comment that "California's sparkling wines are rarely worth the nose tickling." A small quaffing of bottle-fermented Korbel champagne brut (or sec), Hanns Kornell champagne third-generation brut, or Weibel champagne Pinot Chardonnay brut will certainly prove the worthiness of California "bubbly...
Screw Caps. The vineyards of the premium producers-Almaden, Beaulieu, Beringer, Cresta Blanca. Inglenook, Korbel, Krug, Louis Martini, Masson, Wente, et al.-are concentrated chiefly in the Napa Valley and coastal areas near San Francisco. Most own their own vineyards, bottle their table wine in the old traditional style of the good French winemakers, studiously disdaining such modern advances as concrete fermentation vats and screw-cap bottle tops. Their wine is labeled with the name of the grape from which it is made, so that buyers can approximate the European equivalent in a California product. In white wines, Pinot Chardonnay...