1995 Vintage Champagne Tasting Featuring Dom Perignon, Cristal, Krug and more Friday, march 3rd 7:30pm and all the Champagne from these producers on SALE!!
An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.
Andy Warhol
And we don’t need to have three to four wine tastings every week but we are doing scientific research with wine so it is necessary for our “Wind Drinking People”!
Check out the line-up for the next few weeks at; https://www.winewatch.com/wine-events-d6
The months of February and March are two of the best of the year for our “Once in a Lifetime” wine events as we get closer to my B-Day weekend the intensity and focus on my favorite wines like Champagne will bring some of the best bottles out of my personal cellar. Like this 1995 Vintage Champagne tasting coming up on March 3rd.
And you don’t need to have Champagne, but scientists have just proven that Champagne is good for your cognitive functions- IE your brain. Check out the scientists’ evidence at the end of this e-mail and get your Champagne here!!
I said I was going to work really hard will I was 50 and I made it…I will be spending the rest of my days drinking the world’s greatest wines and traveling to new wine drinking destinations as soon as things get back to normal. Until then, check out the calendar of events to keep up as we’re going to speed up this “Drinking the good Stuff First” thing.
All sparkling wines are not created equal and Champagne along with some of the finer examples of sparkling wines made with this same method established over the last few hundred years in France's northernmost wine region are NOT the only examples of bubbly that you will find on the table tonight.
Champagne is the name of a region and therefore anything inside the boundaries of Champagne can use this name on their label, everything else is just sparkling wine. The important thing to look for on the label when it comes to sparkling wines outside of the Champagne region is the method of production and if the words, methode champenoise are there were in business, this means that the sparkling wine in the bottle is made with the same standards that are used in the great wines from the Champagne region of France.
Tonight, we will be focusing on vintage Champagne from the 1995 vintage but I have also included a few extras, if you love Champagne you don’t want to miss this event. This tasting and is limited to 14 tasters and the fee for this event is $895 + tax and this includes dinner! For reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.
1995 Vintage Champagne Tasting
Friday, March 3rd
7:30 PM
1985 Dom Perignon Brut Champagne
1995 Veuve Clicquot La Grand Dame Brut Champagne
1995 Krug Vintage Brut Champagne
1995 Krug Vintage Brut Champagne Magnum
1995 Louis Roederer Cristal Brut Champagne
1995 Dom Perignon Brut Champagne
1995 Dom Perignon Brut Champagne Magnum
1995 Dom Perignon Brut Champagne P2 Rose
2003 Dom Perignon Brut Champagne P2
Menu
Truffle Parmesan Shoestring Fries
American Sturgeon Caviar Potatoes
Sea Scallop Carpaccio with Candied Lemon and Lavender Aioli
Pork Belly with Orange Marmalade and Mushroom Succotash
A5 Japanes Waygu Sashimi with Ponzu Dipping Sauce
Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee
The fee for this tasting which includes dinner is $895 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com. Please let us know when you make your reservations if you have any dietary restrictions and chef Toni will be happy to accommodate you.
Scientific proof that Champagne is good for your brain
New research shows that drinking one to three glasses of champagne a week may counteract the memory loss associated with ageing, and could help delay the onset of degenerative brain disorders, such as dementia.
Scientists at the University of Reading have shown that the phenolic compounds found in champagne can improve spatial memory, which is responsible for recording information about one's environment, and storing the information for future navigation.
The compounds work by modulating signals in the hippocampus and cortex, which control memory and learning. The compounds were found to favourably alter a number of proteins linked to the effective storage of memories in the brain. Many of these are known to be depleted with age, making memory storage less efficient, and leading to poorer memory in old age and conditions such as dementia. Champagne slows these loses and therefore may help prevent the cognitive losses that occur during typical and atypical brain ageing.
Champagne has relatively high levels of phenolics compared to white wine, deriving predominantly from the two red grapes, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, which are used in its production along with the white grape Chardonnay. It is these phenolic compounds which are believed to be responsible for the beneficial effects of champagne on the brain.
Professor Jeremy Spencer, Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, said: "These exciting results illustrate for the first time that the moderate consumption of champagne has the potential to influence cognitive functioning, such as memory. Such observations have previously been reported with red wine, through the actions of flavonoids contained within it.
"However, our research shows that champagne, which lacks flavonoids, is also capable of influencing brain function through the actions of smaller phenolic compounds, previously thought to lack biological activity. We encourage a responsible approach to alcohol consumption, and our results suggest that a very low intake of one to two glasses a week can be effective."
Dr. David Vauzour, the researcher on the study, added: "in the near future we will be looking to translate these findings into humans. This has been achieved successfully with other polyphenol-rich foods, such as blueberry and cocoa, and we predict similar outcomes for moderate Champagne intake on cognition in humans."
Previous research from the University of Reading revealed that two glasses of champagne a day may be good for your heart and circulation and could reduce the risks of suffering from cardiovascular disease and stroke.
The paper is published in Antioxidants and Redox Signalling.
ENDS
For all media enquiries please contact Alex Brannen 07834 006 243 or James Barr 07788 714376
Notes for editors:
The University of Reading is ranked among the top 1% of universities in the world (THE World University Rankings 2012) and is one of the UK's top research-intensive universities
The Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences is the largest University department of its kind in the UK, combining state of the art teaching facilities, clinical nutrition unit, labs and the largest pilot processing plant in the UK. The Department is internationally recognised for the quality of its research and enjoys a high public profile both domestically and internationally.
The department continues to work with the food industry over a wide range of industrially funded research projects and contracts under our Food Chain and Health research theme. This includes one-to-one funding from multi-national companies through to small and medium sized enterprises.
All the Champagne from these producers on SALE!!
2002 LOUIS ROEDERER CRISTAL BRUT CHAMPAGNE SPECIAL EDITION JEROBOAM
Price: $25500.00 Sale Price: $19950.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
Luxury has always been a necessity for most of us but for those with a flair for the extraordinary, the cuvee Cristal 2002 should satiate. Luxury designer extraordinaire Philippe di Meo has teamed up with Champagne Louis Roederer to produce a limited edition Jeroboam design for the cuvee Cristal 2002. The appearance of the bottle itself screams luxury and one might as well imagine how luscious the inner content is going to be. In this day and age where appearance is everything, Cristal’s distinctive clear glass bottle encased in a lattice of 24-carat gold provides the ultimate in luxury wine tasting.
Each bottle takes four days to create by two master goldsmiths and the result is described as being “inspired by the greatest traditions of jewellery.” The limited edition Jeroboam design for the cuvee Cristal 2002 is indeed a jewel in the real sense. A precious jewel to gift to someone special or even better, a gift of luxury to your own taste buds.
2006 LOUIS ROEDERER CRISTAL BRUT CHAMPAGNE
Price: $427.50 Your Price: $376.20 Quantity in Stock: 1
2008 LOUIS ROEDERER CRISTAL BRUT CHAMPAGNE 1.5L MAGNUM
Price: $1100.00 Your Price: $968.00 Quantity in Stock: 5
2013 LOUIS ROEDERER CRISTAL ROSE BRUT CHAMPAGNE
Price: $795.00 Your Price: $699.60 Quantity in Stock: 6
2014 LOUIS ROEDERER CRISTAL BRUT CHAMPAGNE
Price: $388.50 Your Price: $341.88 Quantity in Stock: 2
2012 DOM PERIGNON BRUT CHAMPAGNE
Price: $301.50 Your Price: $265.32 Quantity in Stock: 37
2010 DOM PERIGNON BRUT CHAMPAGNE MAGNUM
Price: $775.50 Your Price: $682.44 Quantity in Stock: 9
2002 DOM PERIGNON BRUT CHAMPAGNE
Price: $450.00 Your Price: $396.00 Quantity in Stock: 3
1998 DOM PERIGNON BRUT CHAMPAGNE
Price: $495.00 Your Price: $435.60 Quantity in Stock: 1
2003 DOM PERIGNON OENOTHEQUE P2 BRUT CHAMPAGNE
Price: $602.25 Your Price: $529.98 Quantity in Stock: 19
2008 DOM PERIGNON ROSE BRUT CHAMPAGNE
Price: $525.00 Your Price: $462.00 Quantity in Stock: 6
2008 DOM PERIGNON ROSE BRUT CHAMPAGNE LADY GAGA EDITION
Price: $529.00 Your Price: $465.52 Quantity in Stock: 6
MV KRUG GRANDE CUVEE CHAMPAGNE 170TH EDITION
Price: $261.25 Your Price: $229.90 Quantity in Stock: 13
2015 VEUVE CLICQUOT LA GRANDE DAME BRUT CHAMPAGNE
Price: $245.00 Your Price: $215.60 Quantity in Stock: 6
2012 VEUVE CLICQUOT LA GRANDE DAME YAYOI KUSAMA EDITION
Price: $251.00 Your Price: $220.88 Quantity in Stock: 2
2012 VEUVE CLICQUOT LA GRANDE DAME ROSE BRUT CHAMPAGNE
Price: $350.00 Your Price: $308.00 Quantity in Stock: 3
NV VEUVE CLICQUOT RICH CHAMPAGNE
Price: $73.50 Your Price: $64.68 Quantity in Stock: 1
NV VEUVE CLICQUOT ROSE RICH
Price: $101.25 Your Price: $89.10 Quantity in Stock: 2
NV VEUVE CLICQUOT ROSE BRUT CHAMPAGNE
Price: $80.00 Your Price: $70.40 Quantity in Stock: 15
NV VEUVE CLICQUOT YELLOW LABEL BRUT CHAMPAGNE
Price: $57.25 Your Price: $50.38 Quantity in Stock: 58