The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
Just before the Christmas season starts, is the ideal time to discover some new champagne. Paired with the fact that our last champagne tasting was two years ago, I gathered some friends and we tried nine different bottles.
It is always pure joy to take part in Adam’s Soundtrack My Friends Drink! This time we each had to come up with a shot. Another participant than chose a song to soundtrack the recipe.
It is time for another excellent and exclusive eau de vie from Pinot Meunier grapes. Although this one is distilled from grapes, it is not a brandy, but rather barrel aged grape eau de vie. Nevertheless, I decided to come up with a Harvard variation for it.
The festive season is approaching fast, and therefore it seems like the perfect time for a little champagne tasting! Since our taste tends towards drier and more natural wines, we focused on small vineyard champagnes. The Dosage ranges from Extra Brut levels to Zero Dosage and three of the five wines we tried also were […]
In line with my Ultimate Guide to Eau de Vie Glasses, I again went a bit crazy. I was asking myself which would be the perfect glass for enjoying Champagne? Well, after trying a champagne and a sparkling wine from six different glasses, I can give you the straight answer: It depends!
The Jungle Bird is one of my favourite tropical cocktails. The fruity flavours just form a perfect balance with the Jamaica rum and the bitter liqueur. When I got my hands on a new interesting champagne, I had the idea of adding a splash of it to the original Jungle Bird recipe. Which if course, […]
The second bottle of wine I will present to you this year also comes from the champagne region. Today, besides the excellent cuvée, the special feature this time is the size of the bottle. The Tarlant Tradition from the classic range of the champagne house comes in a magnum bottle. Let us see if the […]
One of my new-years-resolutions was to write more about wine. To fulfil that promise, I am starting off with the best kind of wine there is, champagne! The bottle in question comes from Davy Dosnon a small producer from the Aube region. Usually rosé champagne is a bit tricky. Often it tastes like pink berry […]
As a cocktail and spirits enthusiast chances are high that your passion also makes its way over to other culinary fields. For instance, since I began mixing drinks, I am far more interested in things I am cooking and what is in them. The same thing applies for wine or for champagne in this case! […]
You thought the cognac seminar was the highlight of this years C&D forum meeting? – Please – for a successful meeting there has to be at least one champagne tasting. That’s why on Sunday we did just that.
