Most people have a Soda Stream lying around the house, more than likely out of gas and gathering dust. Mine gets used on the occasional weekend when I remember I have one. Best find - Tonic flavoured sryup!
On New Year's eve two years ago, I was coerced via Skype by friends living in France to test out a custom that semi-impoverished Russian interns boasted of: Soda Stream vodka. Gossip told that this classy treatment was used to save costs and improve the taste of cheaper brands of vodka. I dubiously followed the instructions and tasted the fizzy drink while my friends listened eagerly on the other end. Once I was able to breathe again, and the hysterical laughter had stopped on the other end, I called an end to the experiment. While further research was warrented, I was not all that keen to spend the night fighting for air while getting drunk quicker on 'bubbly'.
Two years later and same said friends are touting the benefits of instant sparkling wine. Same theory involved: take a cheap bottle of wine and improve taste and enjoyment levels by adding bubbles.
Nothing wrong with this theory at all. In fact, sparkling wines are made by adding carbon dioxide to wines (hence the sparkling wine label). So does it work?
The sample: Seasons 2010 Sauvingon Blanc. The result: surprisingly good. A lovely dry and slightly woody bubbly with subtle hints of apple skin. The fizzyness brings out more of the flavour that otherwise falls flat with this cheap quiz prize. A good way to enjoy an afternoon with a good friend.
So I can say without a doubt that I will be keeping this technique in mind for the rest of the cheap wines dotted through my rapidly deteriorating collection (a story for another day).
On New Year's eve two years ago, I was coerced via Skype by friends living in France to test out a custom that semi-impoverished Russian interns boasted of: Soda Stream vodka. Gossip told that this classy treatment was used to save costs and improve the taste of cheaper brands of vodka. I dubiously followed the instructions and tasted the fizzy drink while my friends listened eagerly on the other end. Once I was able to breathe again, and the hysterical laughter had stopped on the other end, I called an end to the experiment. While further research was warrented, I was not all that keen to spend the night fighting for air while getting drunk quicker on 'bubbly'.
Two years later and same said friends are touting the benefits of instant sparkling wine. Same theory involved: take a cheap bottle of wine and improve taste and enjoyment levels by adding bubbles.
Nothing wrong with this theory at all. In fact, sparkling wines are made by adding carbon dioxide to wines (hence the sparkling wine label). So does it work?
The sample: Seasons 2010 Sauvingon Blanc. The result: surprisingly good. A lovely dry and slightly woody bubbly with subtle hints of apple skin. The fizzyness brings out more of the flavour that otherwise falls flat with this cheap quiz prize. A good way to enjoy an afternoon with a good friend.
So I can say without a doubt that I will be keeping this technique in mind for the rest of the cheap wines dotted through my rapidly deteriorating collection (a story for another day).
Woo Hoo!
ReplyDeleteGo Sparkling Wine drinkers :D