A nine-to-five seminar on sparkling wine was recently presented to a capacity crowd at the Doubletree Hotel conference center in Rohnert Park, California. Hosted by Vinquiry, a Windsor-based research, analytical and consulting firm, the program featured experts from Spain to Sonoma and Reims to Yountville and referenced all aspects of sparkling wine production, including a special look at the ubiquitous Charmat process as well as méthode champenoise. Questions about malolactic fermentat...