Cantina Paltrinieri lies north of Modena in the center of the Sorbara DOC. Alberto Paltrinieri and his wife Barbara run the estate founded by Alberto’s grandfather in 1926. In contrast to the familiar dark, deep grape-y juice most associate with the style, wines made from their local lambrusco di sorbara variety are delicate in color with bright acidity, minerality, and floral notes. However, lambrusco di sorbara is unable to flower in the vineyard and needs to be planted alongside the darker colored, more intense lambrusco salamino grape in order to pollinate. Traditionally this mixing in the vineyards led to mixing in the cellar. Under Alberto’s lead, Paltrinieri began to experiment and became the first producer to separate the two grapes in the cellar and produce 100% sorbara wines. It works great as an aperitif, with salty fried snacks, as a pizza wine, or brunch companion. Chill it and enjoy this oh-so-lovely dry, pink-hued sparkling "red" without too much fuss.