New Year Wine

Is the expected wine to have Champagne, or a sparkling wine - is this the traditional beverage that has been handed down over the generations?

Once again, as I always say - whatever goes! Its your wine, your money and therefore you choice. Personally I absolutely love champagne in the right atmosphere and the correct type. My personal favorite is the Taittinger Comptes de Champagne (spelling open to correction), which I had the opportunity of tasting and savoring on numerous occasions - by virtue of my position as one of the sommeliers aboard a large cruise liner. Funnily enough I still do not drink that much champagne or sparkling wine, but given the opportunity I will definitely have some of that. I have found a very interesting and helpful website to help search for your favorite wines, and based upon the 1998 vintage of the above mentioned I saw that the availability of this wine starts off at $99. For whatever you might be looking for this site might help Wine Searcher for any wine you may be battling to get hold of.

Perhaps this might be a bit dry for you, in which instance you would be suggested to go for the semi sweet (or what might be termed demi sec). And if you choose to stay with the Asti then go for it!!!

Drink what you want, when you want, just enjoy it and drink responsibly! Bring on 2009, all the best to everyone.