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The House of Wine Awards, 2011: Amy
When your ten-year-old asks you what ‘irony’ means, here’s what you tell her: “Amy Winehouse will go down in history for giving detox a bad name…” The July death of the twenty-something drugstress—who...
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Bubbles For New Year’s Eve—England ‘n’ France, Sparkles ‘n’ Spats
Little known Champagne fact: Dom Perignon did not say, “I’m drinking stars,” he said, “I’m seeing stars” after being clubbed over the head by a British arquebus. Verily, there’s been little love lost...
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Tits For Taittinger: S.A.G, Not Saggy
As a connotation, as a concept and as a cliché, Champagne is a titillating tipple, entangled in seduction, raveled in sex and wrung out into seven-ounce flutes as a morning-after testimonial....
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Champagne-Loving Brit Twit Charged With Felony Dipshittery
For the most part, I consider myself something of a literary whiz kid—far too quick-witted, imaginative, profound and enlightened to comment on silly, wine-related ‘news stories’ that have little to do...
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Man The Lifeboats: Women, Children And Premium Champagne First
Martin Mull, back me up on this one: For some reason, there are a lot of homoerotic terms associated with being a seaman. Poop deck, sperm whale, cockswain, hanging around the buoys, ‘All hands on...
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Louis Roederer Champagne: A Fifth For The Fourth
Every year, somebody asks me to recommend a few wines with which to celebrate Independence Day, and every year my response is the same: E Pluribus Unum Now, here’s a question for you, Johnny Seventh...
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Life’s A Bubble: Sparkling New Thoughts, Fizzy New Year
In the week before Christmas and New Year’s, it is customary to write a column about Champagne and related species. And doing what is expected, occasionally a thorn in the paw of creativity, also...
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