{"id":195,"date":"2018-11-01T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=195"},"modified":"2018-11-01T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T09:33:00","slug":"toasting-november-with-a-special-wine-guy-larmandier-cramant-grand-cru-blanc-de-blancs-in-a-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=195","title":{"rendered":"Toasting November with a Special Wine: Guy Larmandier, Cramant Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs in a Special Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November is a month to give thanks, so we are going to toast it with a Champagne: <a href=\"https:\/\/madrose.com\/producers\/france\/champagne\/champagne-guy-larmandier\/\">Guy Larmandier, Cramant Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.selectboston.com\/\">Select Oyster Bar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834022ad376603e200c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_1930\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834022ad376603e200c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834022ad376603e200c-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"IMG_1930\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We recently had another reason to celebrate, so we shared a half bottle of&#0160;Guy Larmandier Blanc de Blancs over lunch. It reminded us that this is one of the few all Chardonnay Champagnes that we have on our favorites list. It&#39;s from one of our&#0160;favorite importers, <a href=\"https:\/\/madrose.com\/\">Neal Rosenthal<\/a>. And, it made the beautifully curated wine list at one of our favorite places, Select Oyster Bar. That certainly qualified it for a place in this year of favorites.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834022ad39c831c200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6a00e54fc42bb8883401a511ab4a9f970c-800wi\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834022ad39c831c200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834022ad39c831c200d-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"6a00e54fc42bb8883401a511ab4a9f970c-800wi\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trying wines from&#0160;different places, made with different grapes, and produced by&#0160;different methods adds spice to our monthly ritual. Since 2007 we have raised a glass of sparkling wine to greet each new month! This year we have selected a favorite wine for our monthly toast.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>We hope you&#39;ll join our Sparkling Resolution. You don&#39;t have to buy a bottle. You can go to your favorite place with a good wine list and enjoy a glass of sparkle over lunch or dinner or share a bottle or half bottle as we will today.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>We&#39;ll toast all the people along the way, from grapevine to glass, who dedicate themselves to bringing great wine our way!<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonzest.com\/2014\/05\/guy-larmandier-cramant-grand-cru-blanc-de-blancs-our-may-sparkler.html\"><strong>Here&#39;s the original post on this wine.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonzest.com\/2015\/02\/join-us-as-we-toast-february-2015-with-charles-de-cazanove-champagne.html\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Our Sparkling Resolution is covered in this post : Join Us as We Toast&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonzest.com\/2014\/11\/a-few-of-our-favorite-gift-for-wine-lovers.html\" target=\"_self\">A Few of Our Favorite Gifts for Wine Lovers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonzest.com\/wine\/\" target=\"_self\">Here are all the wines we&#39;ve covered<\/a>. Since this is a category, this post may appear at the top. Just scroll down for more.<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>What&#39;s on your Food Lover&#39;s Shopping List? <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em><iframe loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"250\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=kitchen&amp;banner=0FNCR9B2J7F8PHAZGG82&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=HSWSLVXC4HC3FN7E\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Words: Penny &amp; Ed Cherubino<br \/>Photos: \u00a92018 Penny &amp; Ed Cherubino&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A blanc de blancs we love!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,4],"tags":[1250,629,1249,1248,161,97,1251,141,1247,64],"class_list":["post-195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-drink","category-food-wine","category-we-recommend","tag-brut","tag-champagne","tag-cramant-grand-cru-blanc-de-blancs","tag-guy-larmandier","tag-half-bottle","tag-happy-new-month","tag-neal-rosenthal","tag-select-oyster-bar","tag-sparkler-of-the-month","tag-sparkling-wine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Toasting November with a Special Wine: Guy Larmandier, Cramant Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs in a Special Place - bostonzest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=195\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Toasting November with a Special Wine: Guy Larmandier, Cramant Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs in a Special Place - bostonzest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A blanc de blancs we love!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=195\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"bostonzest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-01T09:33:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834022ad376603e200c-500wi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Penny\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Penny\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=195#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=195\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Penny\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f647a1db4d359874c813f277b131597f\"},\"headline\":\"Toasting November with a Special Wine: Guy Larmandier, Cramant Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs in a Special Place\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-01T09:33:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=195\"},\"wordCount\":320,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=195#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.typepad.com\\\/.a\\\/6a00e54fc42bb88834022ad376603e200c-500wi\",\"keywords\":[\"brut\",\"Champagne\",\"Cramant Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs\",\"Guy Larmandier\",\"half bottle\",\"happy new month\",\"neal rosenthal\",\"Select Oyster Bar\",\"sparkler of the month\",\"sparkling wine\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Food &amp; 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