champagne
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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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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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My May Vino column in Miami’s Biscayne Times features a few bottle suggestions for the wine-loving mama. Read it online at BiscayneTimes.com -> Dish & Drink, or find it in print around Miami. Which bottle are you giving to Mom? Find links to past Biscayne Times columns here. Souleil Vin de Bonté, Le Rosé, 2022…
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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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My latest Vino column in Biscayne Times is out online & in print! Check it out to learn more about four fantastic local wine clubs you can join in Miami. Whether you are into all-natural wines or Champagne only, there is a wine club for you! Read more in Biscayne Times.
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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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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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I’ll admit that I was reluctant to visit the battlefields in Northeastern France that mark the place where the longest battle of World War I took place. The drive is slightly out of the way from the vineyards of Champagne, which was our intended destination from the start. After visiting the historic sites of Verdun,…