Bubbles, please: 4 great sparkling wines from Northern California

Bubbles, please: 4 great sparkling wines from Northern California

Marin County and its immediate appellate environs — Carneros, the Petaluma Gap, the Sonoma Coast, etc. — produce quite a few pinot noirs and plenty of chardonnay. So, it’s odd that there isn’t more sparkling wine available from the area, since both of these grapes find their way into champagne. And sparkling wine is the universal solvent when it comes to wine-food pairings. There’s almost nothing that doesn’t go with bubbly — from oysters to ste…