A Running List of Champagne Favorites

Champagne is synonymous with celebrations and the marking of important events.  So, over on our Facebook discussion page we are listing out our favorite champagnes and recounting why they are so memorable to us. Feel free to let us know if you have a top pick and why.

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L’Histoire de Champagne

For those familiar with the fact that Catholic monks are responsible for perfecting beer, introducing free enterprise and the preservation of thousands of handwritten historical works, it should then come as no surprise that these most humble of men also brought Champagne to the forefront of the wine world. It was French monks who were the [...]

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Take the E50 from Paris to Reims

… and you’ve found Champagne. I think it’s time for a quick geography lesson. Champagne is both the name of a province in northwest France and the nearly universally restricted term for the sparkling wine produced from the grapes grown in this region.  Even Oregon has laws prohibiting its wine makers from [...]

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Ringing in a Decade with Champagne

We decided to spruce up the content on Tavola Rosso and focus our food.wine.travel energies in a manner that might actually result in a few people (beyond our moms) reading this site. Separately, I think, Liz, Mark, Nick and myself all had a little new years resolution including Tavola Rosso.  Mark resumed posted a week ago, [...]

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