4/2009 LAURENT-PERRIER CUVEE ROSE BRUT CHAMPAGNEThis is a beautiful wine. The color is beguiling — peachy-pink — and the bubbles are tiny and seemingly endless. (Fifteen minutes after the pour, bubbles continued to appear in our glass.) We opened thisContinue reading4/2009 LAURENT-PERRIER CUVEE ROSE BRUT CHAMPAGNE
4/2009 L’ORIGINAL COMBIER LIQUEUR D’ORANGEBartenders and cocktail lovers rejoice — a triple distilled orange liqueur has arrived from Saumur, in the Loire. L’ORIGINAL COMBIER (40 proof) is high-end stuff — it retails at about $40 a fifth. It’s a simpleContinue reading4/2009 L’ORIGINAL COMBIER LIQUEUR D’ORANGE
12/2008 WOLFBERGER GEWURZTRAMINER 2007This lovely wine arrived to our glasses by way of a friend. He is a wine lover and travels to Europe a couple times each year, inevitably returning with a case or two of wine. This AlsatianContinue reading12/2008 WOLFBERGER GEWURZTRAMINER 2007
Blech. We got this stinker at Whole Foods for $9-$10 and boy did it disappoint. Watery, hot… What’s to like? Nothing. (Rating **)
4/2008 VOUVRAY DOMAINE DU CLOS DE L’EPINAY (BRUT)A friend gave this to us some months back. Wow, what a great gift. This is a really tasty sparkling wine– very bubbly, with a biscuit note and a gentle close. A stickerContinue reading