{"id":2518,"date":"2014-12-17T21:55:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T01:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2014-12-17T21:55:46","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T01:55:46","slug":"wine-champagne-tasting-from-last-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/12\/17\/wine-champagne-tasting-from-last-week\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Wine: Champagne Tasting from last week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7511,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/15978513202&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251105001152\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/15978513202&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-06 10:07:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-06 10:07:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7512,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.vivino.com\\\/users\\\/adam-jack&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251105001056\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.vivino.com\\\/users\\\/adam-jack&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.vivino.com\\\/users\\\/adam-jack&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-06 10:07:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-06 10:07:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Champagne Tasting with Friends&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/15978513202\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Champagne Tasting with Friends\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8592\/15978513202_250a869e9c_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m still doing my best to learn more about Champagne. I did a tasting last week with only 4 people but we did end up going through 6 bottles. Almost every Rose\u2019 from a trusted house is mind-blowing. The Veuve Clicquot Rose\u2019 was no exception. Of these, the Monopole Heidsieck Brut was the best for me personally. Others preferred the Moet standard Champagne and Perrier &#8211; Jouet scored 3rd overall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t take great notes but if you\u2019re on Vivino and want to follow me, I drink 2-3 bottles of wine or Champagne a week and you can follow along there &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vivino.com\/users\/adam-jack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.vivino.com\/users\/adam-jack<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019m still doing my best to learn more about Champagne. I did a tasting last week with only&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:28:16Z","apple_news_api_id":"587b2aa7-8060-4e7d-bf52-c9de7ac98b58","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:28:16Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AWHsqp4BgTn2_UsneesmLWA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[190],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-wine","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-EC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7801,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/05\/29\/wine-touring-tattinger-caves\/","url_meta":{"origin":2518,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Wine: Touring Tattinger Caves","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"May 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Champagne Tattinger in Reims, France is in the top 10 of Champagne sales globally and this shows in the polish that is their tourist visitor center. 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