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Still dreaming about this meal from @herbsaint_nol

Still dreaming about this meal from @herbsaint_nola 😍 The housemade spaghetti served carbonara style with a fried egg & the duck leg confit with dirty rice and a citrus gastrique, are you kidding me? 🤤 Everything was SO good, it’s my number reco if you are ever able to visit NOLA 🤍 #neworleans #nola #nolafood #nolatravel #herbsaintnola #neworleanstravelguide #neworleansfood #neworleansculture #foodstagram #foodgasm #michelinstarred

Had so much fun last night at the @santabarbarawin

Had so much fun last night at the @santabarbarawinecountry & @thewinemilitia media event! We got to try so many yummy wines & most importantly, meet some incredible people in the industry doing some pretty amazing things in Santa Barbara ✨🍷 Started the night off with some delicious bubbles from @fiddleheadcellars 🍾🥂 and then right into an educational and entertaining AVA panel tasting & discussion! It was astounding to be able to taste the broad range of varietals and styles through all 7 AVAs across some notable wineries 🤩 @crownpointvineyards @foxenwines @jaffurswinecellars @piazza.wine @seagrapewine @cambriawines @futureperfectwine Finished the evening with a rooftop wine tasting where we got to explore so many additional wineries & taste some good juice 😍 Definitely already planning our trip to Santa Barbara & cannot wait to further visit all these wineries & their gorgeous properties! #sbcwines #sbwinecountry #santabarbarawinecountry #santabarbarawine #wineevent #mediaevent #winesofcalifornia #wineinfluencer #travelcalifornia

ice ice baby 🍾🥂 #frenchchampagne #champagne

ice ice baby 🍾🥂 #frenchchampagne #champagne #hitimewinecellars #winetasting #sparklingwine #halloweencostume #iceicebaby #sommelier #wineinfluencer #winelover #couplehalloweencostume

A few glasses of French bubbles is never a bad ide

A few glasses of French bubbles is never a bad idea 🥂🍾 @mrhitime @hitimewinebar The Ayala N. 14 Rosé & Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut were scrumptious 😋✨ #champagne #champagnelover #sparklingwine #winelover #mrhitime #wineinfluencer #wineblog #winetasting

Hello beautiful 😍 @sophiejameswine always sends

Hello beautiful 😍 @sophiejameswine always sends the most gorgeous shipments ✨ #sophiejames #sophiejameswine #sommelier #wineinfluencer #winewriter #sonomawine #chardonnay #pinotnoir #winelover #winelover #winesofcalifornia

WSET 2 ✅ So much fun taking the online course

WSET 2 ✅ So much fun taking the online course from @napavalleywineacademy. I learned so much and my interest to continue learning & further my education is at an all time high. Wine is SO cool 🤩 I can’t wait to sign up for WSET 3 but this time for in person classes with @peterneptunems 🍾 #wset #wset2 #wsetlevel2 #wsetstudent #wsetlevel3 #wset3 #wineeducation #learnaboutwine #sommelier #wineinfluencer #winewriter #wineblogger

Aged Vouvray? Yes please 😍 🤍 Domaine Pichot

Aged Vouvray? Yes please 😍 🤍 Domaine Pichot @domainepichot_vouvray
🍇 2006 Domaine Le Peu de La Moriette Vouvray
💋 Light to medium bodied, demi-sec in style, gorgeous clear lemon almost gold color, with notes of pear, green apple, juicy peach, sweet lemon, grapefruit, honey, floral notes of honeysuckle & orange blossom with some slight minerality.
🍷YUMMM this was so fun to drink. So unexpected to find an aged white like this but we wanted to experience how the tertiary flavors of this Vouvray develop over time! It was delicious & the flavors were so juicy, ripe & the perfect sweetness. Surprisingly still very fruit forward but the bright citrus was almost sweet lemon curd like with ribbons of honey & meringue running through it 🍋🍯🍑 #vouvray #frenchvouvray #vouvraywine #domainepichot #thewineexchange #frenchwhitewine #winelover #winenotes

Still thinking about the Special Club Champagne ta

Still thinking about the Special Club Champagne tasting at @mrhitime @hitimewinebar a couple weekends ago 😋🍾🥂 We went just to experience & taste the excellence of Special Club Champagnes & of course we went home with 3 😍 For those who don’t know what Special Club Champagne is, the official name is Club de Trésors, or Club of Treasures. It was established in 1971 under the name Club de Viticulteurs Champenois, to assess quality among certain growers in Champagne. There were 12 founding members, three of which currently remain: Pierre Gimonnet, Gaston-Chiquet and Paul Bara. New members come and go every year. As of 2021, there are 28 members. The process to become a Special Club Champagne is practically as laborious as the process of making Champagne. The wines must pass two rigorous stages of selection. Before that happens, members gather each February to taste each other's still wines from the previous vintage. The members vote on whether to declare a vintage year, which would mean that the vintage was outstanding, and worthy enough of a vintage-dated Champagne. The vote must be unanimous. If a vintage year is declared, the process for Special Club selection begins. The selection committee includes wine professionals and enologists, including a Club-employed enologist that preside over the blind tastings. First, the panel tastes the vin clairs, the still wines before they undergo a secondary fermentation, before they're bottled. At this point, the panel weeds out wines that aren't up to snuff. The second blind-tasting stage takes place after three years of bottle aging. If the wine passes muster unanimously by the panel, it can be bottled in a dedicated green Special Club bottle, whose design is hased on one from the 18th century. Only members can use the green Special Club bottles. There are only 2000 bottles of Special Club Champagne produced 🍾
#frenchchampagne #specialclubchampagne #champagne #hitimewinecellars #winetasting #champagnelover #frenchwine

Bordeaux tasting a few weeks ago at @hitimewinebar

Bordeaux tasting a few weeks ago at @hitimewinebar & I’m still thinking about that 2015 Le Dome St. Emilion & Alter Ego Margaux 🤤 #frenchredwine #bordeaux #bordeauxwine #hitimewinecellars #frenchwine

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