Time to Stock Up on Champagne
According to the New York Times wine critic, Eric Asimov, there are now some pretty good Champagnes in the $30 to $40 range. A panel of experts, including Asimov, set up blind tasting of 20 Champagnes under $40 and found some seriously good wine. This is quite a change from [...]
Champagne
The holiday rush, those weeks from November to New Year’s Eve, is when the Champagne houses reap most of their annual profits.
Americans are the second-largest drinkers of Champagne – outside France. Shipments of the bubbly to the United States plummeted 41.2 % this year – yet sales of cheaper sparkling wines – typically from Spain [...]
Caviar
With the holiday season upon us, many of us will enjoy Thanksgiving feasts, followed by Christmas and New Years parties. Chances are, if it’s a dressy affair, they’ll serve caviar. This has always been one my favorite little indulgences.
Big, Old Fish
The majority of the world’s caviar comes from the Caspian Sea. Russia, Iran and Turkey [...]
What to Serve With Turkey Dinner
We are having our traditional Thanksgiving dinner with turkey and all the trimmings. The challenge is finding just the right wine that will go with everything. This year I decided to simplify life. When in doubt, Champagne or sparkling wine will go with just about everything and it seems like [...]
Christian Louboutin and Piper-Heidsieck Team Up
Wine Spectator – October 8, 2009
Market watchers, take heart: The continuing world economic crisis hasn’t dampened some Champagne houses’ enthusiasm for over-the-top displays of decadence.
Case in point: “Le Rituel,” Piper-Heidsieck’s collaboration with famed haute couture shoe designer Christian Louboutin, who has created a crystal stiletto heel-shaped “Champagne flute” that Piper-Heidsieck [...]
Champagne Grapes Will Rot as Producers Protect Prices
By Adam Sage – TimesOnline
Hopes of a glut of cheap champagne are set to be dashed when vineyards meet next week to agree on a big cut in production to prop up prices.
With sales falling, producers may be ordered to leave up to half their grapes to wither [...]
English Sparkling Wine Taking on French Champagne
For the first time since the reign of Henry the Second, England has become a bulk exporter of wine. Some say the effects of global warming are bringing hotter summers and a longer growing season. But the real reason is improved oenological expertise, carefully sourced French vines and the [...]
Celebrate the New Year!
More Americans are planning to celebrate this new year’s eve with a small group of friends at home instead of going out to clubs and restaurants. What better way to enjoy the evening then to share a bottle or two of bubbly by the fireplace.
There’s no need to spend a lot of [...]
