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fizzmas fun fact! devil’s wine
fizzmas fun fact! don’t swirl champagne
the third wheel champagne grape
It’s the 7th day of Fizzmas, and I thought we’d celebrate a lesser-known fizz. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir get all the attention, but can you name the third grape allowed in Champagne? Pinot Meunier. It’s the one that adds a lot of the perfumey aroma as well as freshness and liveliness to a sparkling wine. … Continue reading
drinking on a fizzy throne
OK, so this isn’t about sparkling wine but we are in the middle of Fizzmas and beer has fizz so we’re going with this. HBO has partnered with Ommegang, a New York brewery that makes Belgian-style beer, to make a line of Game of Thrones beer. They’re gonna make four kinds, the first of which will be … Continue reading
fizzmas fun fact! horrible harvest
fizzmas fun fact!
mommy, where do bubbles come from?
On the 5th day of Fizzmas my true love gave to me… a lesson on bubbles! This is actually pretty fun. So during fermentation, carbon dioxide is produced. For most wines, this CO2 is just released into the air, never to be seen again. But Champagne actually undergoes two fermentations, and in the second one … Continue reading
happy ball so hard happy hour!
I’ve been waiting to try the bub in this gold bottle for a while! Armand de Brignac, aka Ace of Spades, aka $300 a pop (no pun intended). Jay-Z has this coming out of his faucets, and whenever he or Rihanna are around, it’s there. It’s 40% Chardonnay, 40%, Pinot Noir, and 20% Pinot Meunier. Continue reading
cupcakes, churchill, and of course champagne
Even though National Cupcake Day (it really exists) is tomorrow, Cupcake Vineyards is celebrating it today by handing out cupcakes and pouring wine samples all over the city. They’re mostly known for their Angel Food and Red Velvet wines (which freakily smell like those desserts). But since it’s the 12 Days of Fizzmas here on … Continue reading
