A Year of Wine : Wine and Food Blog

January 01 - New Year's Mimosas and Hoppin' John - Podcast

New Year's Mimosas and Hoppin' John Podcast

December 31 - New Year's Champagne Trivia - Podcast

New Year's Champagne Trivia Podcast

December 30 - New Year's Champagne Glasses - Podcast

New Year's Champagne Glasses Podcast

December 29 - New Year's - Champagne Widows - Podcast

New Year's Champagne Widows Podcast

November 04 - Roederer Champagne and Caviar - Podcast

Roederer Champagne and Caviar Podcast

November 04 - Roederer Champagne and Caviar

Caviar

Roederer Champagne House is one of the few that actually grow the majority of their own grapes for its sparkling wine. The flagship, Cristal, is made from the best grapes from all of their vineyards and bottle aged for five years on the lees which are the dead yeast cells. This aging adds additional character and finesse. During the 1800's they provided Cristal to the Russian Tsars. After the Communist Revolution, they lost an astonishing 75% of their business. You can bring back the golden era of the Russian Tsars with Cristal and caviar. This expensive garnish is the processed and salted roe of certain species of fish, most notably the sturgeon, black caviar, and the salmon, red caviar. The word comes to us from the ancient Persian meaning egg-bearing. The source of the world's finest caviar is the Beluga Sturgeon of the Caspian Sea. Now it is endangered and the US has banned all imports of beluga caviar.

October 19 - The Legend of Dom Perignon - Podcast

The Legend of Dom Perignon Podcast

October 14 - Brut Champagne and Vol au Vent - Podcast

Brut Champagne and Vol au Vent Podcast