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Monday, December 29, 2008
DLM Champagne and sparkling wine tasting, in review
* UPDATED * I didn’t think I’d ever see the day when I’d see a picture like the one on today’s front page of the Dayton Daily News, did you? If you don’t have home delivery of the DDN, check out the racks at the grocery store or gas station today and take a gander at the front-page, above-the-fold -photo from last night’s DLM wine tasting. And congrats to Stephany Madliger, George Punter (whose mug is prominently displayed in the photo) and the rest of the DLM event’s organizers.
Golly gee whiz, there were about two dozen sparklers strutting their stuff tonight (12-29-08) at the Dorothy Lane Market Champagne and sparkling wine tasting at the DLM Oakwood store. Lots of great stuff. A few of my favorites: H. Billiot Fils 1998 Grand Cru Brut ($65/bottle), Rene Geoffroy 1999 Brut (($105), Duval-Leroy Brut Champagne ($40), Mumm de Cramant ($65), Egly-Ouriet Les Vigne de Vrigny Brut ($53), and Gosset Brabant Brut Tradition ($46).
The opportunity to taste wines of this pedigree — at a fraction of the cost, obviously, of a full bottle — was quite a treat.
I’ve got a story running in tomorrow morning’s Dayton Daily News that recommends sparkling wines, but the story was due several days ago and will not reflect any of the the samples from the DLM event, unfortunately. And no, I didn’t try all 23 sparklers available.
Any favorites you’d like to share?
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