To accompany the menu served at Tuesday’s state dinner in honor of French President Francoise Hollande, the White House selected Blanc de Chardonnay ($30) a sparkling wine made by Charlottesville’s winemaker Claude Thibault . The TJ, as its fans call it, is making its third White House appearance (and its second at a state dinner), and can lay claim to helping

In preparation for the holidays, Gayot.com set out to find the best sparkling wines in the United States. They state, “Although most American wineries are not allowed by law to dub their bubbly as Champagne, most of our bottles are just as good as those made in the French region called Champagne.” In their findings,