by Mike Dunne

While Champagne is the most popular wine with which to toast significant milestones like the start of a new year, other sparkling wines are gaining enthusiastic followings in the United States. They are apt to be from Australia, Chile, Spain or somewhere else, including California, which is yielding many of the best bargains in bubbly to be found in today's market.

But the wine source that looks to have caught the American fancy for wines with sparkle more than any other is Italy. Italian sparkling wines like franciacorta, lambrusco and trentodoc have developed an appreciative audience here.

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