What wines do you consider to be romantic? This question was posed to me recently, and while I think it just might have something to do with a certain holiday coming up, I have to admit I’ve never really thought of individual wines as being romantic. There are obviously some parallels to my [...]
We were fortuante enough to sample ten, yes I said ten, bottles of Champagnes, Champagne style wines and desert sparkling wines to bring in 2010. Â This is something I have been looking forward to for some time and I was not disappointed.
The tasting list consisted of three sparkling wines from the Champagne region of France, [...]
I drink champagne when I win, to celebrate . . . and I drink champagne when I lose, to console myself.
Napoleon Bonaparte
“In victory, you deserve Champagne. In defeat, you need it.”
Generally attributed to Napolean.
Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1800)