“Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right” F. Scott Fitzgerald
And so it goes …. Endless quotes about Champagne… First from Coco Chanel “I only drink champagne on two occasions, when I’m in love and when I’m not.”
To Noel Coward “Why do I drink Champagne for breakfast? Doesn’t everyone?”
On to Napoleon Bonaparte “I drink Champagne when I win, to celebrate and I drink Champagne when I lose, to console myself.”
And finally, Winston Churchill, who had so many sayings about Champagne it was difficult to choose our favorite but this one did us proud – “Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of Champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.”
Like so many others, whatever the occasion we simply can’t say “NO” to champagne.
Some call it liquid gold – even those who usually do not drink it, can’t resist the bubbles when it is offered at any gathering.
There is no better place in Chicago to gather which celebrates the bubbly liquid gold than the Champagne Cave, the delightful delectable lower level of the marvelous Marchesa Restaurant.
And no one more delicious to talk about Champagne than our dear friend, Nikki, who presides over the Champagne Cave with her beautiful smile and lilting accent.
She has her favorites – we have ours (Cristal immediately comes to mind) – of course, dear reader, you have your favorites. Our bet is that if you have not yet decided what glass of bubbles delights your taste buds, Nikki will help you discover it.
As Dom Perignon famously shouted when first taste testing his famous liquid, “Come quickly! I am tasting the stars!”
Don’t miss our YouTube interview with Nikki discussing the delights of tasting the stars! And so much more about bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles!
