Comments on: Holiday Fizz That Won’t Break the Bank

By: sasha

sasha — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:20:14 +0000

Iron Horse Wedding Cuvée from Sonoma — the Russian River Valley, to be exact. Recently had the 2004 and it’s lovely. Cheers!

By: P

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:08:15 +0000

My dear friend got engaged this weekend. What’s the best champagne to toast her engagement? Thanks! Love the blog!!!

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Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:38:45 +0000

[...] Please do not feel the need to spend a ton of cash on the finest champagne you can find. There are plenty of great value sparkling wines out there. If you’re doing the traditional post-dinner champagne toast, at that point in the evening, [...]

By: Bene

Bene — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:21:53 +0000

Good call on the Gruet – someone gave me a bottle of that and I recently served it as an aperitif at a dinner party. A pleasant surprise and a big hit! Also love the Cremant suggestion – that’s been a Christmas Day tradition in my family the past several years. It’s a great way to kick off the celebration and I love listening to my dad try to do the French “r.”

By: sasha

sasha — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:46:16 +0000

Ah yes, the more traditional something is, the bigger pain it is!

By: TS

TS — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:42:14 +0000

Great post, and definitely helpful this holiday season! I must say, I love that the complicated and pricey technique of making Champagne is called “traditional” method.