Comments on: BrooklynGuy’s best value Champagne

By: Do Bianchi

Do Bianchi — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:19:03 +0000

@BrooklynGuy thanks again for guest posting. It’s an honor to have you here and thanks for the friendship and camaraderie over the last years…

@Howard thanks for stopping by and the well wishes. They mean so much… I know the Cuvée Sainte-Anne was and is a special wine in your home… Like the memories of a lifetime, the different vintages of a cuvée are blended together, from the good years and the not so good years, all for the best…

By: H. Rodman

H. Rodman — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:56:53 +0000

We always had a half-bottle of Chartogne-Taillet Cuvée Sainte-Anne in the fridge, just in case Anne had occasion to celebrate. It was the house toasting wine — because it was eponymous, and because it was good.

For special occasions, there was the 1996 Chiquet ‘Special Club,’ which spoke to us mightily – I recall intending to drink a glass apiece one December 31, and before we knew it, the bottle was gone.

I came late to Champagne (one of the many fine things my marriage taught me) but can now, on a good night, have the zeal of a convert. And this convert lifts a glass to 2010, and to the happiness of JP and TB.

By: Brooklynguy

Brooklynguy — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:52:24 +0000

Wow, thanks for all of the kind words Dr. Parzen. Very kind indeed. Have to go now. There’s Jeopardy at 4 o’clock.