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Better Than Champagne Chardonnay Wine Vinegar

$13.00

Made with chardonnay from California this vinegar would be a blanc de blancs if it were a champagne. Luckily it is not, it is better.  It is slow fermented in small batches using a unique process from the early 1800s and aged in 25-gallon American oak barrels.


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  • "THE MOST SURPRISING AND DELIGHTFUL VINEGARS I’VE EVER TRIED"

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Our Better Than Champagne Vinegar is just that. It is not champagne vinegar, it is its' better cousin from across the pond and we couldn’t be happier with how this little upstart turned out.

Naming Note:  Why don't we call it Champagne vinegar? We told you- it's better... AND we strive to make vinegars with a sense of place and that respect that sense of place in other foods.  Champagne vinegar should come from the Champagne region of France.  Our vinegar is made from traditional champagne grapes (ie chardonnay) but it is made in our vinegar works in New England, not France.  This beautiful vinegar reflects the American wine tradition and builds on champagne-inspired vinegar flavor profiles. 

Size
8.5oz or 33.8oz glass bottle

Perfect For
Vinaigrettes, beurre blanc, finishing hot sauces, and mignonette for oysters.

Fermentation Base
Chardonnay

Base Origin
California

Taste Profile
The most delicate of our wine vinegars. Bright and clean acid with a slightly nutty layer. 

Production Process
Slow fermented. Aged in oak barrels. 

Minimum Acidity
5%

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Worth Waiting For

Modern vinegars have lost their way, so we stepped back in time to recreate a process from 1823.  Our equipment doesn’t exist anymore so we remade it in partnership with local universities.

After slow fermentation our vinegars are barrel aged before being hand bottled raw and unfiltered. It all takes a lot more time and care but we think the results are spectacular. I hope you will too.

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Vinegars with a Sense of Place

We create vinegars with flavor profiles that reflect a sense of place by working exclusively with American wines, ciders, and brews.

 Our vinegar works is housed in the blacksmith shop for an old textile mill complex in the heart of New England that is on the National Register of Historic Places.  

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ruthie
Unbelievable

I knew it would be good.. I just wasn't expecting it to be that good! It's like a chameleon vinegar meaning it tastes as you need it when you need it... I can use that to for a vinegarette for my partners daughter and our vinegarette. It works as both.

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Lee F.
Gives new definition of vinegar

The Chardonnay vinegar is complex, subtle, with a long finish.

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Jennifer P.
SMOOTH!

This is where the rubber meets the road! This vinegar is so nice with seafood and dressings. Like all AVW, the more you experiment, the more you develop your own new flavors. This vinegar though is a true secret recipe. So tasty. So smooth!!

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Sandi C.
Yummy!

I bought the Better Than Champagne Wine Vinegar as my first purchase with American Vinegar Works. It is very light and it is delicious! I use it on a lot of different foods and make the vinegar and oil dressing. I add it to my morning water to give my body a boost and to keep my glucose low. It is very good. I highly recommend this vinegar! And I am now anxious to try the other vinegars offered. Love it!

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Douglas S.

Simply the best vinegar I’ve ever tasted. The red wine vinegar is also fabulous.

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