Champagne Taste on a Tap Water Budget

Indulge your champagne taste at one or more of these free bubbly tastings:

Friday, 26 December:

Nicolas Feuillatte tasting at Long's

Nicolas Feuillatte represents, in my opinion, one of France's best Champagne values.  Sample the Brut (40% Pinot Noir, 20% Chardonnay; 40% Pinot Meunier), the Brut Rosé (60% Pinot Noir; 10% Chardonnay; 30% Pinot Meunier.  One of my favorites!), and the Cuvée Palme d'Or Brut 1998 (50% Chardonnay; 50% Pinot Noir).

Long's Wines & Liquors

7917 5^th Avenue (between 79^th & 80^th Sts), Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.  Free.

(718) 748-6505

http://www.longswines.com/

By train: R to 77^th Street
By bus: B63

Kluge Estate tasting at Zachys

Try a couple of sparkling wines from Virginia!  The tasting will feature two, 2004-vintage selections from Kluge Estate: the SP Sparkling Rosé (89% Chardonnay; 11% Pinot Noir) and the SP Blanc de Blancs (100% Chardonnay).  Situated near Charlottesville, on the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Patricia Kluge's vineyards are just a short distance from America's viticultural roots at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.  Incidentally, Patricia is the former wife of Metromedia's (remember when Channel 5 was WNEW-TV?) founder, John Kluge.

Zachys™ Wine and Liquor

16 East Parkway
Scarsdale, N.Y. 10583-4109
4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.  Free.

(800) 723-0241

http://www.zachys.com/

By train: Metro-North Harlem Line to Scarsdale

Saturday, 27 December:

Uncorking #1

This is the sort of tasting I've come to expect from Zachys.  It features the Champagnes of Veuve Cliquot, Charles Ellner, Godmé, Moët & Chandon, and Ruinart.

Zachys™ Wine and Liquor
12 Noon to 4:00 P.M.  Free.

Sunday, 28 December:


Uncorking #2

Another fine tasting in Scarsdale.  This one showcases champagnes from the houses of Bollinger and Taittinger.

Zachys™ Wine and Liquor
1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.  Free.

Tuesday, 30 December:


Grower Sparklers

Five sparkling alternatives to Champagne will be poured.

The Greene Grape

765 Fulton Street (between S Portland Av & S Oxford St), Fort Greene, Brooklyn
5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.  Free.

(718) 797-9463

By train: C to Lafayette Av; G to Fulton St
By bus: B25, B26, B52

http://brooklyn.greenegrape.com/

Ayala Tasting

The Champagnes of Ayala were reintroduced into the United States market after an extended absence.  This tasting will feature: Ayala Brut Majeur NV (35% Chardonnay; 45% Pinot Noir; 20% Pinot Meunier), Rosé Majeur NV (51% Chardonnay; 30% Pinot Noir; 10% Pinot Meunier; 9% still red wine from Mareuilsur-Aÿ (Pinot Noir from old vines)), Blanc de Blancs 2000 (100% Grand Cru Chardonnay)

Columbus Circle Wines & Spirits

1802 Broadway (between 58^th & 59^th Sts), Midtown Manhattan
5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.  Free.

(212) 247-0764

http://www.columbuscirclewine.com/

By train: 1 (IRT), A,B,C,D (IND) to 59 St-Columbus Circle
By bus: M5, M7, M10, M20, M104

Wednesday, 31 December:


Bis!  Bis!

A couple of the foregoing tastings will be repeated on New Year's Eve.  Columbus Circle Wines & Spirits presents an encore of its Ayala tasting from 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.; Long's Wine & Liquors in Brooklyn reprises its Nicolas Feuillatte tasting from 5:00 P.M. till 8:00 P.M.  Both tastings are free.

Cheers!

Comments

[Lieblingswein]

I like the Nicolas Feuillatte Champaign!

[Comestiblog]

Brad, you're obviously a person of impeccable taste! Thanks for the nice comment.

[Brad Theodore]

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