![]() "It would be in private bungalow in Kona, Hawaii. Here's what top romance novelist, Jackie Collins, would do for her dream Valentine's Day dinner. There's something very relaxing about drinking Champagne - while you're not wearing a cocktail dress."īon Appetit Magazine, February, 1997 "Kiss and Tell" So I spent the evening on my couch, wearing my oldest, comfiest sweats, eating a frozen dinner and drinking the Champagne very slowly. I did this for myself once before: I found a bottle of in my fridge and realized I didn't know what I had been saving it for. In the evening, I'd put on my grubbiest clothes and open a bottle of Champagne. "I'd love to be in a beach house all by myself so I could walk on the sand and go for a swim (and skip the gym). When Glamour magazine asked MTV's host Daisy Fuentes about her perfect day alone, here is what she said: My Perfect Day: Off Camera, MTV's Daisy Fuentes I have more glasses in my house than I have pots and pans!". "When a glass looks like that," says the artist of a smudged empty flute, "I'm ready for another one. I love it so much that I collect glasses." According to the magazine, Tina Turner needs a special glass, i.e. I get so emotional!" TinaTurner says, "I love Champagne. "Whenever I drink Champagne, I either laugh or cry. The Champagne had to be brought from her personal stash at the hotel as she did not want to drink the cheap bubbly that was going to be served after the shoot, explains the magazine. In it, Tina Turner is described after the photo shoot, relaxing in jeans, T-shirt and a glass of Champagne. In its August issue, Elle magazine featured an article about Tina Turner. The heat of the summer was so great and lasted so long that many wells dried up and there was a great shortage of water, so much so that, at the time of the vintage, at Cramant, anybody with a horse, a cart and an empty cask, who would go to the Marne and deliver at the pressoir a cask of Marne water to wash and cool the presses, could go home with his cask full of new wine in exchange, no money passing: water was as valuable as wine." (The History of Champagne, Andre Simon, 1962) "The two best vintages of the 'nineties were those of 18 as regards quality, but the most remarkable vintage of the decade was 1893. When their husbands died, these women not only assumed responsibility for their firms but often expanded their holdings and sales. Less well known were Madame Veuve Pommery, Madem Laurent-Perrier and Madame Olry Roederer. The most famous was undoubtedly La Veuve (The Widow) Clicquot, but in our time it was Madame Lily Bollinger. The "Champagne widows" are a phenomenon in the region. "I only have 20 bottles of Pol Roger left," was the calm reply. In the midst of proceedings, he surprised a reporter by affirming: "Rhodesia will be at peace in exactly 30 days." "Why?", asked his slightly puzzled questioner. AnecdotesĬhristopher Soames (later Lord Soames), was sent on the delicate mission to Rhodesia (as it then was called) to secure its peaceful transition to independence, he took with him a quantity of Pol Roger (he was also Churchill's son-in-law from whom, no doubt, he acquired this particular taste). Illustrious Champagne Lovers: Great historical figures such as Thomas Jefferson, the Tsars of Russia and Winston Churchill, to esteemed artists such as Marcel Proust, Marlene Dietrich and Colette, the list is as long as it is impressive. The history of the Champagne region is bound with the history of France, from the defeat of Attila to the moment when Joan of Arc was summoned to crown the King of France in Reims cathedral. It is fascinating to speculate what the vinous result might have been had Halley's appearance in 1986 been as spectacular a forecast. But the most celebrated is 1811, the year of the Great Comet. 1630 was a "comet year" so, apparently, was 1858. "Comet vintages" are the years when notable wines coincides with the appearance of a comet. In fact, the French consider big bubbles so ugly that they call them the "oeil de crapaud" (toad's eyes).Ĭhampagne represents 20% of French wine and spirit production, 33% of exports of Appellation Controlee wines and 20% of wines and spirits by region and category, just ahead of cognac and well ahead of Bordeaux and Burgundy. There are 49 million bubbles in a bottle of Champagne, according to scientist Bill Lembeck.įine Champagne has the tiniest of bubbles. They called it "vin du diable." Translation. They believed that if the wine foamed, there was something wrong with it. When the early version of Champagne was being made, the producers, including Dom Perignon were upset with bubbles. ![]() Her biographer George Barris said that she drank Champagne "as if it were oxygen." It is rumored that Marilyn Monroe once took a bath in 350 bottles of Champagne.
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