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Have you tried Vintage Champagne? If so, what did you think? Vintage Champagne is an indulgence I am fortunate to enjoy once or twice a year. I love its depth, balance and the delicious caramelized or brown sugar notes. Vintage Champagne is made using grapes from a single harvest and that vintage will be displayed…
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On New Year’s Eve, do you save the sparkling wine until midnight? I have often thought that it doesn’t make sense to save the good stuff until the end of the night when everyone is tired and your palate is exhausted. Therefore, this year we began New Year’s Eve Day with a Pol Roger 2013…
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Just before Easter we came across an old bottle of Summerhill Cipes Brut in my Father-in-Law’s wine cellar. Cipes (rhymes with pipes) Brut is a sparkling wine that Summerhill produces using the traditional Champagne method (methode champenoise). Before I get too much into discussing Summerhill and Cipes Brut though, I want to briefly explain what…