Despite my affinity for wine with bubbles (my personal motto is: “If it doesn’t sparkle, it doesn’t matter”), I am not a big New Year’s Eve reveller. Yesterday, we took the last of my wife’s family to the airport at 4 a.m. (yes, you read that right, four in the morning), so I really did not feel like doing much once the clock started to approach its apex.
We did manage to stay up until midnight, however, but I am pretty sure we were all in bed by the twelfth chime of the clock.
In the days leading up to Champagne’s biggest night, many people asked me what I planned on opening. I threw out a few boastful suggestions (1988 Dom Pérignon, 1995 Krug, 1996 Bollinger Grande Année), but in the end, not a single bottle of bubbles was sacrificed.
I am sure I will make up for that oversight in the coming days.
Nonetheless, I wish you all a very Happy 2018!
Happy New Year!
the drunken cyclist 
Happy New Year to you and yours. Last night was one of dance with our ballroom friends. Had an OK Sterling blend.
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Was the Sterling their sparkling wine?
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Nope … Celebration Red (2012) … Interesting bottle … I must have been on sale … it was OK … didn’t bowl me over. https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=2206463
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Happy New Year.
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Thanks and to you as well!
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Ha! Thanks!
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That’s how we roll, too. Wishing you all the best in 2018!
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Happy New Year, Jeff!
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OhMyGod, Episode 53 part 2 is my first podcast of 2018, https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-sgub4-816674. Happy New Year! Thanks for allowing me to narrate this series.
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