Healdsburg, CA – Angels & Cowboys has released their first entry into the sparkling wine  category – Angels & Cowboys Brut Rosé. Employing the traditional method of secondary fermentation, the  sparkling wine also uses traditional Champagne grapes – 73% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay, 2% Pinot Meunier.  Bearing the California Appellation, with fruit sourced mostly from Mendocino and Sonoma counties, it is non vintage with a $24 SRP. 

This is the first line extension for Angels & Cowboys, joining the brand’s existing stable which includes a  Grenache-based Sonoma County Rosé and Proprietary Red, a Zinfandel-based red blend. The Angels &  Cowboys Brut Rosé hews to the brand’s ethos of taking inspiration from classic French wines and infusing  them with California’s bolder style.  

“We set out to create a sparkling signature that has echoes of France’s elegance buttressed by the vibrant fruit  flavors of California” noted SHARE A SPLASH wine co.’s Head Winemaker Ondine Chattan. Chattan keeps  the wine on the lees one year, yielding some yeasty notes and adding to a creamy mid-palate.  

Launched in 2014, Angels & Cowboys is a collaboration between the founder of SHARE A SPLASH wine co.  Yoav Gilat, and Northern California graphic designer Michael Schwab. Schwab, noted for his classic designs  depicting California landmarks like The Golden Gate National Park, brings a similar dramatic simplicity to the  brand’s label, depicting a sun-bleached silhouette of a young white tail deer skull, evoking a rugged, austere and  graceful beauty. 

“Multi-varietal blends are a hallmark of Angels & Cowboys, with our Provençal-style rosé being our brand  leader– the Brut Rosé was a natural progression for the brand” Yoav Gilat, founder of SHARE A SPLASH  wine co. remarked, “This will give us entry into the high growth Ultra-Premium ($18.00-34.99) Domestic  Sparkling Rosé category, which is growing +48% by $ vs. LY (IRI 26 week ending 11.01.2020)

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