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Pop A Cork - Wine [440]
Champagne for a birthday, that's obvious. Since everyone came by car this time and couldn't drink much, one bottle was enough. This time the choice fell on the rather rare Bollinger Rose champagne. I have written about champagnes many times, they are a great example of how you can turn a failure into an incredible success. Bollinger is quite difficult to buy because it is not available in most stores, which is a pity because it is the famous champagne of James Bond, the most famous alcoholic in history. However, he drank Bollinger only with women .... as he had just talked to them. But let's leave James alone and let him sober up. Rose champagne, and this was it, is always something special. Theoretically, the European Union allows the production of rose wine by mixing red and white wine, but the French, at least in champagne, do not do this. Traditional production from selected grapes is so expensive that, for example, the above champagne costs as much as 20 Euro more per bottle than its white version. Is it worth it? I liked the champagne, better than others, and so did others because we quickly saw the bottom of the bottle. And the bottle also has an individual look, special to Bollinger. Last week was a very successful evening.