Champagne

  • ‘Tis the Season for Champagne in Biscayne Times

    It’s the biggest Champagne season of the year! And while I don’t think that you need to wait until the holidays to open a bottle of bubbly, I do think this time of year is a great excuse to simply enjoy more of it. In my December wine column for Miami’s best local news source,…

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  • Veuve Clicquot’s La Grande Dame 2015

    Arguably one of the world’s most recognizable Champagne brands, Veuve Clicquot, has released a new vintage of the iconic, La Grande Dame. The release of the 2015 makes this the 24th vintage since 1972, when Veuve Clicquot launched its first prestige cuvée to celebrate the House’s bicentenary. Though the traditional Yellow Label is what the…

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  • Toast the Holidays with a Thoughtfully Selected Bottle of Bubbly in Biscayne Times

    My latest Vino column in Biscanye Times is all about decoding the bubbly of Champagne. Check it out for tips on choosing your next bottle for the holidays — like how to read the label to understand what you are getting! You can find my article in print or online at BiscayneTimes.com.

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  • Here Are Some Gift Ideas for Wine Lovers this Holiday Season

    For those of you still processing the events of the past 18 months or so (me), it may be hard to believe that the holiday season of 2021 is upon us, but alas, it will be here soon. With less than two months before Christmas smacks us in the face, it’s time to seriously start…

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  • Quarantine Bottles Cont… It’s May! Where are we at? (10)

    Well, folks. I think I’m going to wrap up this series right here. It has been fun chronicling my wine tasting notes throughout this period of isolation and lockdown, but eight weeks’ worth of bottles is a lot of tasting notes (65+ bottles over 10 posts, and that’s not including the repeat wines or ones…

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  • Every traveler has a trip in his or her life that has somehow changed them for the better, or at least made their life more colorful or exciting.

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  • Quarantine Bottles Cont… Has Drinking Lost Its Fun? (6)

    Still here self-isolating. It’s incredible to me that we have been at this for a full month. The last time we went to a restaurant, and the same day that we rescued the kitties was March 14th. Of course, I’ll never forget that day (adoption day), but now, it has much more significance. When we…

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  • Easter Wines for Happy Times

    Easter is just around the corner! Since we are all just staying home this year, what are we cooking? Usually, ham and lamb are on the menu for a traditional Easter dinner, so I thought I’d throw out some suggestions of wines that will pair nicely with either. Remember with any food and wine pairings,…

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  • I’ll tell you this. It’s not just all wine-drinking while we self-isolate, though it may seem that way from my social media and these quarantine tasting notes posts. We cook, we take occasional walks, too. We even adopted two adult cats at the beginning of all this, and they’ve been keeping us busy (Roy &…

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  • My third blog post in this series makes sense to post now because we are coming into our third week in quarantine. Today is basically day 16–I’m counting from the last time we ate out at a restaurant and adopted our two new kitties because we’ve basically been inside ever since (aside from essential errands).…

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