Adorable POP! champagne tray that my bubbly girlfriends gave me as a New Year’s Eve hostess gift…love it! Champagne Pannier Blanc De Noirs 2011, made almost entirely of Pinot Noir grapes. Notes of ripe pear, pleasant and smooth with a creamy mousse and consistent tiny bubbles in the flute. Blanc De Noirs (white wine produced…
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André Clouet Champagne 1911 ~ Bottle Number 222
NV André Clouet Champagne 1911 Only 1911 bottles of this Champagne are made each year. Each bottle is numbered by hand. My bottle number 222 and it was disgorged on April 4, 2016. Produced in the Bouzy village in the Champagne region (the village name is pronounced “Boozy” which tickles me!) with 100% Grand Cru Bouzy and…
Size Matters When Drinking Bubbles + A Sip Of English Bubbly
One of the best things about blogging is meeting fun people who share the same interests. At first glance Tonya, author of fourthgenerationfarmgirl.com, and I could not seem more different…she lives on a farm complete with chickens and sheep. I get nervous if I get too far from a city sidewalk. But we both love…
Champagne and Cava Recommendations To Make Your Holidays Sparkle!
Across the nation wine distributors are sharing their best and bubbliest with restaurateurs and fine food and beverage retailers in preparation for the winter holidays and New Year’s Eve. Today I had the pleasure of being a guest at the Roanoke Valley Wine Company’s (Salem, Virginia: http://www.rvwc.com) champagne and cava tasting. I am looking forward…
Celebrating The Holidays With Champagne Tasting!
The place: River and Rail Restaurant, Roanoke, Virginia HOME The event: Champagne and Sparkling Wine Tasting presented with Mr. Bill’s Wine Cellar http://mrbillswinecellar.com I always love going to River and Rail Restaurant in Roanoke, Virginia when Bill and Kristen from Mr. Bill’s Wine Cellar present wine tastings. The Champagne and Sparkling Wine Tasting on Monday evening…
Champagnes To Celebrate Summer!
Soutiran Brut Grand Cru Champagne NV $45 range 50 percent Pinot Noir and 50 percent Chardonnay grapes from Grand Cru vineyards. Full bodied. Toasty baked apple notes. Wine Enthusiast gives this bottle a rating of 93 points. H. Blin Champagne Millesime $40 range Wine Spectator rated the non-vintage H. Blin Brut Champagne 91. Wine Spectator tasting notes: Kumquat,…
Cocktail School At River and Rail Restaurant!
Sunday evening my bubbly friend and I attended Cocktail School at River and Rail Restaurant in Roanoke, Virginia. Our talented “Cocktail Professors” were Devon Steiner, Manager and Sous Chef John Diaz (pictured above) of River and Rail. We started the evening with Veuve Ambal Blanc de Blancs Brut sparkling wine. A lovely apéritif, crisp, dry, with notes of fresh…
Flûte! Champagne Bar and Lounge, Midtown, NYC
It was a Starry Night… (Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night at the Museum of Modern Art, NYC) The perfect night to visit Flûte Champagne Bar and Lounge in Midtown, New York City…http://www.flutebar.comFlûte Bar & Lounge opened in midtown Manhattan in 1997, taking over the space that once operated as the notorious speakeasy, Club Intime….
