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EFFERVESCENCE Wine Experience Journal - Color
Hardcover
Publisher: C'Est What? LLC
Published: Sep 2 2026
Pages: 142
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Choosing sparkling wine should be joyful. So why can it feel so intimidating?
Champagne. Crémant. Cava. Prosecco. Franciacorta. Sekt. Pét-Nat. Blanc de Blancs. Brut. Extra Brut. Vintage. Non-vintage. Grower Champagne.
Walk into a good wine shop or open a restaurant wine list and suddenly a simple desire to celebrate can become a high-stakes decision.
Which bottle should you choose? What should you spend? Will your guests love it? Why does one bottle cost $25 and another costs $250?
EFFERVESCENCE is Certified Sommelier Michael Perman's guide to understanding the exhilarating, sometimes bewildering world of sparkling wine, choosing it with greater clarity and confidence, and creating a personal journal of the bottles and experiences you never want to forget. Michael's company, C'EST WHAT? Wine and Sensory creates unique wine experiences for business events and private residences.
You'll travel through Champagne and beyond, discovering the grapes, places, traditions, production methods, styles, and people that create the world's great sparkling wines. More importantly, you'll learn how those differences translate into what you actually experience in the glass, and how to recognize the sparkling wines that fit your taste, your occasion, and your budget.
Then EFFERVESCENCE invites you to go further.
Taste. Notice. Listen. Remember.
The journal pages become your personal record of effervescence: the wines you loved, the flavors and aromas you discovered, the texture and mousse that captivated you, the people who shared the bottle, the occasion, the scene, even the soundtrack playing as the cork popped.
Because a sparkling wine isn't experienced in isolation.
A certain Champagne may forever remind you of the song that was playing when you tasted it. A Crémant might bring back a candlelit dinner with friends. A bottle of Cava could become inseparable from a summer afternoon, a plate of food, a burst of laughter, or someone sitting across the table.
Over time, your journal becomes something no conventional wine guide can give you: a map of your own sparkling-wine life.
You'll begin to recognize not only what you like, but why you like it. Which grapes and regions intrigue you. Which styles of mousse you prefer. Which aromas pull you back for another sip. When spending more makes a meaningful difference.
Because choosing sparkling wine isn't merely a purchasing decision.
A bottle of sparkling wine often arrives at a moment that matters. A birthday. A wedding. A promotion. A holiday. A dinner with friends. An ordinary Tuesday that deserves to become something more. The stakes can feel surprisingly high because the bottle isn't just part of the occasion. It helps create the occasion.
EFFERVESCENCE gives you the knowledge to navigate that decision without turning wine into homework. You'll discover why Champagne tastes different from Cava, how production methods shape flavor and texture, what those mysterious words on the label actually tell you, and how to find remarkable bottles beyond the familiar names.
But this isn't simply a book about bubbles. It's about what those bubbles can unleash: anticipation, pleasure, generosity, connection, curiosity, celebration, and memory.
You don't need to become a wine expert.
You need enough understanding to choose confidently, enough curiosity to pay attention, and a place to capture what happened when you did.
Daily EFFERVESCENCE is winking at you.
Accept the invitation.
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