{"id":52,"date":"2023-01-01T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=52"},"modified":"2023-01-01T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T09:33:00","slug":"well-toast-january-1-2023-with-a-bottle-of-bollinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=52","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ll Toast January 1, 2023 with a Bottle of Champagne Bollinger Special Cuvee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If we were forced to choose a favorite Champagne, it would be Bollinger. We haven&#39;t enjoyed a bottle of Bolly for a while and decided to open another year of toasting each new month with the warm memories of past bottles of Bollinger.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883402af148b1145200c-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=\"6a00e54fc42bb88834022ad3c7d54f200b-800wi\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883402af148b1145200c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883402af148b1145200c-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"6a00e54fc42bb88834022ad3c7d54f200b-800wi\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We love the spirit of Lily Bollinger, who managed this great house for many years and established its worldwide reputation. She said, &quot;I drink it when I\u2019m happy and when I\u2019m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I\u2019m alone. When I have company, I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I\u2019m not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise, I never touch it\u2014unless I\u2019m thirsty.&quot;&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883402af1c965bee200d-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=\"6a00e54fc42bb888340263ec2a531b200c-800wi\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883402af1c965bee200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883402af1c965bee200d-500wi\" style=\"width: 466px;\" title=\"6a00e54fc42bb888340263ec2a531b200c-800wi\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#39;ve enjoyed this pinot-forward champagne many times in many places. As we raise our glasses to toast the new year, we&#39;ll remember toasting the ocean from a deck overlooking Provincetown harbor.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883402af148b117c200c-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=\"6a00e54fc42bb888340263e999f2bb200b-800wi\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883402af148b117c200c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883402af148b117c200c-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"6a00e54fc42bb888340263e999f2bb200b-800wi\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#39;ve shared bottles with friends at home and on our roof deck. We toasted the reopening of some of our favorite restaurants, on April fool&#39;s day 2021. During the past three years, we&#39;ve raised glasses of Bolly with friends on computer screens because it was not safe to do so in person.<\/p>\n<p>So many sparkling wines remind us of other times and other places. We hope to share a few of these bottles and the stories that made them memorable in the year ahead.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883402af148b11c6200c-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=\"6a00e54fc42bb888340263e999f259200b-800wi\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883402af148b11c6200c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883402af148b11c6200c-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"6a00e54fc42bb888340263e999f259200b-800wi\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883402af1c965c4c200d-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=\"6a00e54fc42bb888340278801f288a200d-800wi\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883402af1c965c4c200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883402af1c965c4c200d-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"6a00e54fc42bb888340278801f288a200d-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!<\/p>\n<p>We purchased our bottle (on sale) at Gordon&#39;s Wine and Spirits for $74.99.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/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=\"http:\/\/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=\"http:\/\/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><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=\"http:\/\/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: \u00a9 2017- 2022 Penny &amp; Ed Cherubino&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s to lots of good memories in 2023!<\/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":[228,233,229,230,231,232,64,227],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-drink","category-food-wine","category-we-recommend","tag-2023-with-a-bottle-of-champagne-bollinger-special-cuvee","tag-bolly","tag-favorite-champagne","tag-lily","tag-pinot-forward","tag-provincetown-harbor","tag-sparkling-wine","tag-well-toast-january-1"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We&#039;ll Toast January 1, 2023 with a Bottle of Champagne Bollinger Special Cuvee - 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=52\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We&#039;ll Toast January 1, 2023 with a Bottle of Champagne Bollinger Special Cuvee - bostonzest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here&#039;s to lots of good memories in 2023!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=52\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"bostonzest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-01T09:33:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883402af148b1145200c-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=52#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=52\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Penny\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f647a1db4d359874c813f277b131597f\"},\"headline\":\"We&#8217;ll Toast January 1, 2023 with a Bottle of Champagne Bollinger Special Cuvee\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-01T09:33:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=52\"},\"wordCount\":367,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=52#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.typepad.com\\\/.a\\\/6a00e54fc42bb8883402af148b1145200c-500wi\",\"keywords\":[\"2023 with a Bottle of Champagne Bollinger Special Cuvee\",\"Bolly\",\"favorite Champagne\",\"Lily\",\"pinot forward\",\"Provincetown harbor\",\"sparkling wine\",\"We'll Toast January 1\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Food &amp; 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