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While spending Valentine's Day with your sweetheart, odds are pretty good you'll be opening up a bottle of bubbly to celebrate that through the craziness called dating you've found each other. Finding someone trustful and loving that make you laugh is no easy task, that we know. Can't the same be said for scoring the perfect bottle of wine?

Here are three sparkling wines that, when poured into the glass, produce a beautiful pink color and come pretty darn close to being perfect. What would go well with these wines? The good news is that there are not a lot of foods that won't. Sparkling wines are very food-friendly, whether that means pairing with a slice of cheesecake at the end of a meal or cradling a flute in one hand while eating spiced nuts with the other.

After the jump, our three favorite pink sparklers...

It's hard not to think of Sapporo and cold sake when you're eating sushi, but Freixenet USA is intent on changing your mind about drinking regular wine with your toro sashimi.

The company known for sparkling wines has released Oroya, a wine made specifically for pairing with sushi. Japanese winemaker Yoko Sato made the wine from from 60% Airén, 30% Macabeo and 10% Muscat grapes from Tierra de Castilla, Spain.

Sara Kate from Apartment Therapy: The Kitchen gave the wine a taste test, and though she didn't get to gulp down an entire glass, she did make some notes about how it paired with salmon sushi.