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Delicious Chocolate & Champagne Candies for Valentine’s Day

Probably because they’re both foods associated with indulgence and pleasure, people love to talk about eating chocolate while sipping champagne for Valentine’s Day. Know what that combo makes me think? Yuck! A typical brut champagne is far too acidic to pair with a sweet food like chocolate, so even your favorite champagne will taste tart and thin. And the wine does nothing to improve the flavor of the chocolate. It’s really a waste of both. Here’s how we can stop the madness: with chocolate truffles that are made with champagne! This way, the champagne lends brightness, fruit and a hint of luxury to the chocolate. If you’re feeling ambitious, it’s easy to make Chocolate-Champagne Truffles yourself with this recipe from Martha. She rolls hers in white sparkling sugar, but it would be fun to use different colors. But if you don’t fancy cleaning chocolate and sugar off your kitchen cabinets…
February 1, 2013
Celebrities & Champagne, Pop Culture, Travel
On the Occasion of her 100th: A Julia Child Champagne GIF

how to make animated gif If you’ve never visited Julia Child’s Kitchen at the Smithsonian, stop by the next time you’re in Washington, D.C. I think the kitchen reveals more about a person than any other room in the house, and Julia’s is no exception. The exhibit which recreates the kitchen where she created recipes for so many of her books. It’s relatively small, but carefully organized. Besides a well-used six-burner stove, there was a wall grid with an inventory for wine (including ’66 Chateau Margaux, Nuits St. George ’71 and a ’59 La Rioja Alta); a small dining table, and places for each pot, gadget and utensil, carefully outlined on the wall. What brings warmth to the exhibit is Child’s lilting voice, coming from a TV monitor that plays various film clips. During my favorite segment, she’s telling the interviewer about her most prized kitchen gadgets, which include a…
August 14, 2012
Bubbly Events, Champagne, Drinks
Isn’t it Grand? Champagne Tasting in San Diego

The Tour de Champagne — a fabulous tasting event that I just attended in Washington DC — hasn’t made its way to San Diego just yet. But we have an annual tasting that’s just as spectacular: Le Grand Champagne this Saturday Nov. 14 at the WineSellar & Brasserie. This year, the pre-holiday tasting and appetizer pairing will feature 37 different marques (aka brands) of champagne and sparkling wines. They range from wines from small producers such as Charles Ellner and Bruno Paillard (check out the site if you love the movie Diva) to tête de cuvées by well known houses like Taittinger, Bollinger and Moët & Chandon. It’s not just NV brut; there will be several fine rose champagnes, the somewhat elusive Veuve Clicquot Demi Sec and Iniskillin’s amazing sparkling ice wine. Special pricing is being offered on Saturday for people who want to take their favorites home. Matt Smith,…
November 13, 2009
Bubbly Events, Champagne, Drinks
Dom Pérignon Dinner at The Ivy Hotel

The rarest wine is the Oenotheque 1993. In spectacular vintages, the house puts away wine to age in a special wine cellar known as the Oenotheque, which means wine library.
April 12, 2009
Champagne, Lifestyle, Pop Culture
Of Spies & Champagne: The Movie Duplicity Sparkles

Duplicity is fast-paced and fun, with a rising tide of plot and romantic tension that at turns reminded me of David Mamet and the films Prizzi’s Honor, The Thomas Crown Affair and The Sting. But spies and fine champagne have gone together, ever since Ian Fleming created the archetypal international spy James Bond.
March 23, 2009