Want to make your holiday season sparkle? Then buy some glitter paint or something, you insufferable ditz. We the grownups will mark the passing of the year with a dignified fluteful of 2000 S. Anderson Vineyard Napa Valley Brut Sparkling Wine. Bang on your pots and pans if you must, but try to stay out of our way.

Nestled in the congenial surroundings of a dry-farmed vineyard Carneros District, these particular Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes endured the cool, breezy 2000 growing seasons like it wudn’t no thing. They kicked back and stored up their natural acidity while the other grapes were shivering and pulling on hooded sweatshirts.

The result is a Brut Sparkling Wine with a winsome golden hue, a persistent mousse, and an altogether lovely bouquet of white peach, marzipan, lotus flower, and Twinkie. Once in the mouth, the 2000 S. Anderson Brut only gets more crisp and refreshing, if that’s even possible: it’s like a sundae of lychee-fruit ice cream topped with rose petals and almond biscotti. Then a clean, dry finish sweeps away all the sweetness and tidies up your palate for another go-round.

Assuming you’re not that popular, these two bottles of 2000 S. Anderson Vineyard Napa Valley Brut Sparkling Wine will be perfect for toasting the new year with your guests. And if you’re even less popular than that, well, there’s a bottle for each of your hands.

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