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I'm ready for my close up

Here is a short video from YumTV on Italian sparkling wine. Typepad cuts the screen off a touch so if you want to see me in all my glory click on this link: Beyond Champagne

Know your bubbles

Since my first bottle of Champagne I have been a true believer. I not only believe that wine with bubbles makes everything better, but that Champagne is the only wine I could not live without. As we approach the New Year, I know many of you are going to go out and buy some sparkling wine to bring in the New Year and that is great!

But don't let special occasions be the only reason you pop a bottle of sparkling wine. I keep a minimum of two bottles of sparkling wine in my fridge at all times (at the moment I have six). I don't only keep Champagne but I rotate between various types of sparkling wine: Prosecco, Cava, Franciacorta, Cremant d' Alscace, Burgunday and Jura. I open sparkling wine like one might open a can of Coke...anytime and all the time.

Caught a cold and working a lot! Tomorrow will be a day of blogs, so EDL is coming back in full force! Happy Holidays to all!

Monday Night Wines: Ohhhhhh Brovia how I love thee

It is hard to control myself when it comes to Nebbiolo. Last week I introduced a Langhe Nebbiolo that I recommend you seek out today! If you need help finding it in your neck of the woods try Wine Searcher, it is an internet portal that is very helpful in hunting down wine. So, in finding it difficult to give up my love for this amazing grape I'm going big with my wine...I'm going to Barolo and specifically Brovia Barolo 2005.

Monday Night Wines: Getting in the groove

If you have been following this blog for a while it is no secret that I LOVE wines from Piedmont, Italy. My love affair began early in my wine career and it is a love that has lasted five moves, four jobs, good vintages and poor vintages, I cannot get enough of this region's food, wine or people. It is good to get the MNW back to you and share what I'm drinking. I do have to warn you that with my new job my wines will be even more skewed to Italian wines but I do buy wine like a boy does baseball cards so don't worry too much!

to be 100% honest I was expecting the Gaja wines to be overdone, blousy and over the top...I was totally wrong. The wines were lovely, balanced and showed the depth of a classic wine. My favorite of the 99's was the Sori Tildin 1999 (95% Nebbiolo plus 5% Barbera). It is expensive but if you can splurge it is wroth it.