I have always enjoyed the mini champagne bottles like Pop and the smaller versions of Moet and Piper Heidsieck so I was intrigued when the Sofia minis finally popped up in my local grocery.  I saw them make the news rounds last summer but wasn't sufficiently motivated to check them out until now.  The wine comes in four fuschia cans and costs around $20.  The packaging is flat-out adorable with its hexagonal box and small cans that are printed with various bubbly adjectives.  The expandable straw isn't the easiest thing to open but it's a cute if unnecessary gimmick.  Of course the important thing is the taste.  The Sofia mini is a Blanc de Blancs (a mix of pinot blanc, sauvignon blanc and mucat) and it's girly-sweet with a very fruity apple-and-pear taste.  It's about an inch from being a wine cooler.  I was ready to hate it but if you take on its own terms as a sparkling beverage rather than as a champagne, it's not too bad.  I can see bringing these to a picnic or beach bonfire but they aren't quite grown-up enough for more serious wine occasions.