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Champagne Party!

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Saturday, December 8, 2007

4 to 6 pm

$10.00 per person

The first 36 guests will receive a souvenir champagne glass

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611 S. Palm Canyon Drive, Suite #1, Palm Springs, 327-7701

The holiday season looms before us and what better way to beckon the season than to pop open a few bottles of Champagne. Lisa Wherry will join us on Saturday to discuss and to pour the fine sparklers from her portfolio. Hors d’oeuvres will be served. Arrive late for this event and you will be sorry; miss this one and you will be even sorrier.

2004 Domaine Carneros Brut, Napa
$18.99

This winery blends Pinot Noir and Chardonnay at a two to one ratio and tosses in a splash of Pinot Blanc for good measure. Typical of each vintage are lovely flavors of lemon blossom, honeydew melon, ripe peaches and pears. Toasted nuts, caramel and hints of baking spice add to the complexity. The creamy mousse is very special.

2003 Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs, Napa
$27.75

Inviting toasty lemon-lime and tropical aromas combine with hints of vanilla spice. On the palate, it has zesty citrus and baked pineapple flavors that lead to a long, seamless finish. It is crisp and refreshing, showcasing sparkling Chardonnay at it best. Blanc de Blancs was the first wine they produced in 1965 and was America’s first commercially produced Chardonnay-based sparkling wine. Good stuff!

2004 Schramsberg Blanc de Noirs, Napa
$29.95

The Blanc de Noirs bursts with a lively bright mixture of peach, strawberry, and candied orange aromas. Honeyed and caramelized characters have developed over the course of bottle-aging in their mountain caves. The palate shows off vibrant stone fruit flavors with a silky mix of vanilla crème and zesty acidity.

2002 Iron Horse Russian Cuvée, Green Valley, Sonoma
$25.00

The same base wine as Classic Vintage Brut, but with a richer dosage, which makes it more opulent, slightly sweeter and heightens the fruit . Originally designed for the historic Reagan-Gorbachev Summit Meetings ending the Cold War.

2003 Iron Horse Brut Rose, Green Valley, Sonoma
$44.00

The wildest of the Iron Horse sparkling wines and surprisingly the driest. Bold and vibrant in both color and taste, it is pure exuberance. The color and richness come from cold soaking the Pinot Noir on the skins. Brut Rosés are the most versatile of food wines, functioning perfectly as an apéritif or with a very wide variety of foods. This one is fantastic!

Delamotte Brut Champagne
$29.95

The Delamotte brut is 50 percent chardonnay, 30 percent Pinot Noir and 20 percent Pinot Meunier. The focus is on a very fresh style, and the result is a crisp, toasty, white peach-pear nose that opens, upon sipping, to a toasty creamy texture, with fine bubbles.

Taittinger Brut Champagne, La Francaise
$15.50/375ml

The color is a brilliant, golden straw yellow and the bubbles are fine. The mousse is both discreet and persistent. The nose, very expressive and open, is both fruity and bread-like, exuding aromas of peach, flowers, and vanilla. On the palate, this lively fresh wine is harmonious and delicate with flavors of fresh fruit and honey.

Piper Heidsieck Brut Champagne
$25.99; $14.50/375ml; $9.95/187ml

The majority of the blend is Pinot Noir with small amounts of Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier balancing out the blend. Selected reserve wines from preceding years are incorporated into the blend to insure consistency of style from year to year. The blend is aged on the lees for a minimum of two years before release. Always excellent and a great buy!

Charles Heidsieck Brut Reserve Champagne
$29.75

From the bread-like, floral and citrus notes in the bouquet to the apricot, melon and rum pastry flavors, this well balanced wine performs well as an apéritif as well as a versatile accompaniment to food.

Mumm Brut Cordon Rouge Champagne
$29.95

Cordon Rouge has always been a distinctly fresh, full bodied Champagne with impeccable consistency of taste. Its richness and elegance have been symbolically represented by the diagonal red ribbon across the label since 1876.