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Champagne Dom Perignon 2008 Review – A Legend is Born

Johan Johansen — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 08:01:31 +0000

“Wow,” is the most predominant first expressions I’ve heard to date about 2008 Dom Perignon – the new top vintage from Moët & Chandon – and with good reason. Everything about Dom Perignon, right down to its green, characteristically chubby bottle to the subtly underplayed, non-descript but universally recognizable label screams class and hedonistic luxury. [...]

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Pairing Champagne and Food: Charles Heidsieck Winemaker’s Dinner at Restaurant Niels

Johan Johansen — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:27:28 +0000

SPONSORED CONTENT NOTE: I attended the winemaker’s dinner described in this post as a guest of Interbrands Denmark. View, opinions and strange metaphors are entirely my own! Champagne is a breathtaking creation. No other drink in the world evokes quite the same feelings of luxury, splendor, hedonism, sex, beauty and sin in quite the same [...]

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Review: Champagne Dom Perignon 1996 – Tasting Notes and Thoughts

Johan Johansen — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 06:06:46 +0000

Dom Perignon 1996 – Those words alone should raise some brows amongst serious Champagne aficionados. In the wonderful world of Champagne, there is perhaps no wine more famous than the iconically shaped bottles of Dom Perignon – and, at the same time, perhaps none more controversial! Add to that the fate of the 1996 Champagne [...]

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Champagne Review: 2002 Dom Perignon Tasting Notes

Johan Johansen — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 10:44:05 +0000

Well, here it is my friends – a humble food blogger’s review of the 2002 Cuvée Dom Pérignon from Moët & Chandon – or quite simply 2002 Dom Pérignon, if you will – one of the more hyped, famous and expensive Champagne bottles of the new millennium. Loyal readers may wonder why I decided to pop a [...]

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Classic Cocktails: French 75 Champagne Cocktail

Johan Johansen — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 08:26:05 +0000

Let me tell you a story about what has quickly become my favorite cocktail: The French 75 – a perfect blend of four simple, albeit somewhat decadent ingredients: The crisp, herbal bite of gin, the vibrant, bubbly freshness of Champagne, a juicy acidic punch of fresh lemon and a whiff of sweetness from a hint of [...]

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