3rd Annual #ChampagnDay Celebration

Hello Champagne lovers!

On October 26, wine lovers worldwide will raise a flute to that quintessential wine of celebration, good cheer, and toasts everywhere: Champagne.

Champagne Day encourages the celebration of this truly unique wine. While one can find a great number of sparkling wines produced worldwide, true Champagne only comes from Champagne, France. Its name can only be used on a label if the grapes and the wine are produced, under strict quality controls, in the region.

Consumers from around the world are encouraged to participate in the celebration of this authentic wine and raise awareness about the need to protect the Champagne name.

Participating is easy. Consumers can join Champagne Day online by blogging, tweeting, posting and sharing their thoughts about this exceptional wine by using the #ChampagneDay hashtag.

Or…. we can host or join one of the numerous retail and restaurant tastings that are being planned in locations across the Planet Earth.

What fun last year’s 2nd iteration of #ChampagneDay!

This year we are bubbling over with excitement because we have bigger and better plans. The 3rd Annual #ChampagnDay in Eindhoven will be host by WineTalkGroup Ladies on Friday, October 26th (from 8pm to 11pm -ish). RSVP till Monday, Oct 22th.

Please let me know you’re coming along ASAP, so we can better plan it.

High heels are optional and bad mood totally forbitten :)

hear from you soon,

L.

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Champagne Day Celebration

Hello Champagne lovers!!

This Friday, 28th October, is the 2nd annual Champagne Day Celebration.
An annual social media event made possible by us all!.
All you have to do to participate is get some Champagne in your glass on October 28th 2011.

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There are many quality sparkling wines produced worldwide, but true Champagne only comes from Champagne, France.

Its name can only be used on a label if the grapes and the wine are produced, under strict controls, in the French region of Champagne.

Share your photos, tasting notes, experiences or videos on any social media site (Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn),
and be sure to add the #ChampagneDay hash tags.
You’ll be able to search what other wine lovers are sharing by searching posts using tools like Tweetdeck, Google,
twitterfall.com or kurrently.com to name a few.

20111026-043138.jpgThis is a global event set to run24 hours in order to give everyone time to share a glass when it makes sense in their time zone.

On this special day Champagne enthusiasts all over the world will gather in ‘virtual appreciation’ of champagne to celebrate the 2nd Global Champagne Day and to share their Champagne stories online in places like Facebook and Twitter.

Call some friends, pop a few corks up and enjoy celebrating the happy dancing bubbles!
L.

Fine Wine in a Restaurant


One thing must of us, sooner or later, get lost is order a bottle of wine in nice Restaurant.
The wine list is the size of a novel. Hundreds of different varieties an offer. All over priced and over rated, which is enough to scared Husbands all over the world and drive him to lost their point.

Is very easy to go with I’ll have red house wine. You can always look at the wine menu and make some noises: oh! or aanh.. Yes people can  sound like knowledge noises and make up inventive snob faces as well. And  finally say : hmm that’s interesting . And then go for the one that’s not the quite cheap but the second cheapest one. That’s how people choose wine mostly.

The hole wine thing, if you want to play the game, is nonsense. Don’t get me wrong. There is someone, kind of wine waiter, to help you out_ the Sommellier. My husband would say his job is to bring us the most expensive wines. Well, he knows the food flavours and the wine list, why not ask him? Don’t be shy, tell him how much you’re planning spend in wines. If you don’t, then don’t blame on him for the bill.

With wines the tasting routine seams to be a pointless Theater for which only men qualify. There is such a thing, there comes the Sommellier and always bring the wine to Sir. And Sir knows nothing about the wine. When Sir is at home, Sir gets a cold beer. And then comes to your mind that all the wine at home was bought by the Lady on the table, not Sir. Oh boy.. why always bring the wine to Mr Sir  to taste it ? Is up to Sir make nobody knows that fact, he thinks. Why don’t Sir let somebody else choose the wine? and then.. You end up with some wine you don’t like, thinking with this wasted money you could have that beautiful fancy shoes and not this painful bargain one. Fill up the glass again and smile.. he is yours beloved sweet Sir, no matter what wine he pick from the menu, that’s what love is about.

Most of the time sir choose a young wine, and rarely some problem comes up with it. Some times the wine is corked (sorry is a wine geek term) and you may not be sure what is it. Maybe a bit of cork floating in the glass..?? It’s all a big mystery for mortals like us. We never have a big fat jolly fallow who drink for a living and can explain the issue involving wine. And I can tell you if the cork isn’t black nasty and smelly, your wine is safe. Trust me, when the wine is corked you will notice, is really so obvious on smell, it stinks badly and strong.

Find a bottle of wine could be a very tricky area, if you stress trying do the right choice. Don’t loose yourself in all that acquaintance wine info you easy find online. Taste, sip, spit and try. Find something you like or try to tell (to the Sommellier or the sales guy) something about your way of life, neither is easy nowadays. When you sip something you love, that’s it!  Nothing more. You found it! Take note (write down at the moment) the name of the wine (or the grape), the producer or the Country where it came from. It’s all you need to be happy when comes to wine matters in a fine restaurant. After all, there is no point be stressed in an attempt to relax
L.