Champagne: New Year’s Tastiest Tradition
What better way to celebrate the holidays than with a nice bottle of bubbly.
Champagne is named for the region where its grapes are grown – Champagne in France – invented accidentally by a monk called Dom Perignon (yes, that was his name!). This bubbly wine is literally that…a sparkling white wine. True champagne must come from the region in France; everything else is merely sparkling wine and not the beverage that’s often favoured to ring in the New Year.
Located approximately one hundred miles from Paris, Champagne consists of five different wine districts and vintages, falling into five different categories: Extra Brut, Brut, Extra dry, Sec and Demi-sec, which denote sweetness. Celebrating with champagne is a time-honored tradition that dates back many years. In ancient Rome, it was customary to celebrate events with the best in food and drink, and, what’s more luxurious than champagne? The same tradition goes back to Russia and Spain, which also includes eating twelve grapes to ring in the New Year!
Why not enjoy a few celebratory bubbles to pop into 2010 with a bang? Jacquesson Cuvee No.732 N.V. is a sparkling, sweet vintage made with 52% chardonnay, 24% pinot noir and 24% pinot meunier and retailing for around HK$498.
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