Archive for January, 2010

Champagne is Delicious

Ok, so I’ll admit this particular wine isn’t actually “Champagne” by the strict definition of the term, but is definitely still delicious. Technically, it’s a Cava, which comes from Spain. To get the prestigious legal designation of “Champagne” the wine must come from a tiny region in France. For most colloquial definitions, though, a bottle-fermented sparkling white counts as Champagne.

This one is pretty good. I don’t have a glass in front of me right now, so I can’t give a rating any more specific than somewhere around 84-88, which is not bad, but certainly not fantastic. For this one, though, the price is incredibly right: $7.99 from Wine.com! Needless to say, we had many bottles of this on hand for the New Year’s party.

Making cocktails out of a good Champagne would be an utter sacrilege, but for this price who’s going to argue?  Before the party, Becky took the time to juice a bunch of oranges. With all this Champagne and OJ, mimosas were an obvious choice. We took it even further and added a little bit of Chambord to produce what we called a “Champagne sunrise,” since it basically looked like a Tequila sunrise. I think I’ve got a new staple drink for when there’s medium-quality Champagne around the house.