Darlene's Wine Cellar

Well, it's not actually my wine cellar, but I am collecting a number of fancy wine bottles (like knotches on my belt) ;


Trimbach, Pinot Blanc, 2004




Provenance: Alsace, France (Appellation Alsace Controlée) The Trimbach winery is located in the town of Ribeauville. Trimbach owns 70 acres in Ribeauville, Hunawihr, and Bergheim.

Grape Variety: 100% Pinot Blanc

Vinification and aging: The wine is vinified to complete dryness - no residual sugar. Fermented in stainless steel vats with no oak aging. Bottling is early to preserve freshness.

Style: Soft and fruity, ready to drink within months of the vintage with a pleasing freshness that enhances most foods. A truly excellent aphrodisaic - you may not make it through the first glass, I know I couldn't...




Piper-Heidsieck, Cuvée Brut, 2000



Provenance: Reims, France. Since its foundation in 1785 by Florens-Louis Heidsieck, the champagne House of Piper-Heidsieck has been inspired by our cellarmaster's pursuit of authenticity and quality At Piper-Heidsieck, we harvest and vinify separately the wines from some 50 carefully selected vineyards, known as crus. This enables the development of deliciously full aromas.

Grape Variety: Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes give Cuvée Brut its structure and elegance.

Vinification and aging: Reserve wines from earlier years are used to create a more rounded blend and ensure the originality of the Piper-Heidsieck style. The wine's harmony develops over the course of slow ageing in Piper-Heidsieck's chalk cellars.

Style: It is ideal for drinks with friends, cocktail and garden parties, nights spent enjoying every moment until dawn‘s early light...eventhough this is taken directly from the Piper-Heidsieck web-site, I can personally attest to the fact that this is indeed a fact...this champagne is the perfect addition to a Mimosa, drunk as the sun rises combined with fresh figs...and that's all I'm going to say about that...

A wine that celebrates “joie de vivre” and the pleasure of getting together with the people we love, or people with whom we just like to fool around...