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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Red Fruits with Rose Champagne, watercolor, 9" x 11"
Yesterday I learned I can drink rose champagne with red fruity, chocolatey desserts. Yay! 
Do you LOVE REAL French Champagne? 
You would have loved yesterday's grand French Comite Champagne tasting in Hotel Plaza's ballroom...
You get a chance to speak directly to the champagne makers from Rheims and Epernay...
They are happy to explain to you with passion the whys and wherefores of their brand's characteristics...
You get just a slug to taste, but after many slugs...hmmm
Of course you can 'nose' champagne to enhale the aromas floral or fruity - as long as you have a tall glass and wait for the bubbles to quiet...
Don't forget to SPIT and do not drink up to the last drop or you will never make it around the room in one piece (like some people)
Cleanse your palate with a bit of plain cracker occasionally...
Pommery guides me in tasting a 'flight' of three - their most recent, one a few years older and their vintage Champagne from 2004 - divine. I forget to spit. It's just too divine to waste...
I pay later for my enthusiasm when I sit down momentarily, then get up leaving my purse with my CAMERA on the chaise! I start looking for my lipstick and find my bag and camera missing. I race back and hotel security comes up and says,"Are you missing something Miss?" MON DIEU! Thank Gawd women wear lipstick.
Isn't this Belle Epoque bottle of Rose beautiful?
Isn't this red fruit and chocolate tarte perfect to accompany that Rose. But it was not served at the tasting. Quelle domage...
Only fromage et fruits...
What's YOUR favorite Champagne? Some people drink it every night. Why not? There are so many to choose from. Do try a different brand next time...BONJOUR FRENCH CHAMPAGNE!
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