Dress Of The Day with Angela

New Year greeeting from London. to old friends, new friends and friends yet to be.  For New Year's Eve, the background of the London fireworks, and Angela with a glass of Champagne. Please share links to your favourite posts.

 

Champagne cork, safely sealed. Photo by Angela Lansbury. G H Mumm champagne Brut Cordon Rouge, and the cork with the wire  Photo by Angela Lansbury. Champagne buying and storing If you are on the email list of any supermarket or wine supplier, you may be getting lots of offers of Champagne, premium brands at high prices, or discounts. You might want to stock up for your next birthday or wedding anniversary. Champagnes and white wines are sold in dark green bottles to protect the contents from the light. A dark place, and a cool place, and one where temperatures do not fluctuate, is best. If the bottle has a cork, you need to store it horizontally to preserve the wine. Otherwise the cork dries out and shrinks and air gets in and spoils the wine. It turns to vinegar, acidic. The aromas escape. If in doubt, ask about storage when you buy or consult the seller's website, the supermarkets, the importers, the producers. The wire cage around the cork is to prevent any accidents, accidenta...

G H Mumm Champagne Brut Cordon Rouge.  Photo by Angela Lansbury. My husband chose this Champagne. Champagne comes from the Champagne region of France. It is a dry wine, hence the word Brut, meaning dry.  Champagne is a sparkling white wine, made with red skinned grapes. I kid you not. This one is made from a grape called pinot noir. Noir is French for black. In English we have red and black grapes but in wine making most grapes are black. Rouge is the French word for red. It has also come to mean red cosmetics applied to the cheeks for colour. Cordon rouge, like cordon Beu (Bleu is French for blue) refers to the cordon, which is a sash. You see it here worn diagonally. It is on both the bottle and the cap. Other Champagnes sold in the same supermarket were made from Chardonnay grapes. My husband prefers the fuller flavour of pinot noir. Most people are happy with a best selling cheaper wine. Useful Websites Author