Name of wine: Flèche Saignante Brut Nature
Producer: Domaine Brand & Fils
Country / region: France / Alsace
Grape variety: 50% pinot blanc, 40% pinot gris & 10% pinot noir
Vintage: 2019
Price / Place purchased: 18.90 € / Comptoir des Vignerons, Strasbourg
Category: Sparkling / Effervescent
Champagne Fleury – BdN Blanc de Noirs Brut (2019 base)
Wine name: BdN Blanc de Noirs Brut
Producer: Champagne Fleury
Country / region: France / Champagne
Grape variety: pinot noir
Vintage: non-vintage (45% 2019 harvest, bottled in June 2020, disgorged in September 2024)
Price / place purchased: 42.50 € / Duvernay, Annemasse
Griesel & Compagnie – Rosé Brut 2021
Wine name: Rosé Brut
Producer: Griesel & Compagnie
Country / region: Germany / Hessische Bergstraße
Grape variety: pinot noir & pinot meunier
Vintage: 2021
Price / place purchased: 19.90 € / K&M Gutsweine, Frankfurt
François Schmitt – Crémant d’Alsace Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut (2018 base)
Name of wine: Crémant d’Alsace Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut
Producer: François Schmitt
Country / region: France / Alsace
Grape variety: pinot noir
Vintage: non-vintage (main vintage 2018, 20% reserve wines; recently disgorged)
Place purchased: from the producer in July 2025
Sextant (Julien Altaber) – Foufou’nette Extra Brut 2023
Wine name: Foufou’nette Extra Brut
Producer: Sextant (Julien Altaber)
Country / region: France / Vin de France (Burgundy)
Grape variety: aligoté
Vintage: 2023
Price / place purchased: 17.50 € / Petites Caves
2nd tasting: Champagne Emmanuel Brochet – Les Hauts Meuniers Extra Brut 2011
Wine name: Les Hauts Meuniers Extra Brut
Producer: Champagne Emmanuel Brochet
Country / region: France / Villers aux Noeuds, Champagne
Grape variety: pinot meunier
Vintage: 2011
Price / place purchased: 129 CHF / Globus, Geneva
Medici Ermete – Quercioli Lambrusco Reggiano Secco
Wine name: Quercioli Lambrusco Reggiano Secco
Producer: Medici Ermete
Country / region: Italy / Emilia-Romagna (Reggiano)
Grape variety: lambrusco
Vintage: non-vintage
Place purchased: Vinatis
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