Luxury where it’s least expected

Luxury where it’s least expected Sometimes luxury can be found in the simplest of things. Not the ones that are the most expensive, nor the most exclusive, nor the most fashionable, but rather in the experiences that are spontaneous, that live in one’s memory, that feel ‘authentic’ and that can be shared. The debate about which glasses are ‘the best’ for drinking champagne is a case in point. Opinions range from the sauce shaped glass that was popular in the heyday of Hollywood in the 1950s and 60s ( take a look at the ‘Here’s to Your Kid’ scene in Casablanca), to the tall, flute shaped glasses which allow you to watch the bubbles rise up the glasses and concentrate the aromas as you sniff the wine and more recently to a wider, white wine style glass advocated by professional sommeliers and other wine aficionados because they allow you to agitate the champagne and appreciate, to best advantage, all the complex aromas in the wine. Styles may come and may go but some things endure throug

by jiles@mymaninchampagne.com (Jiles Halling) · source ↗