{"id":97,"date":"2021-04-01T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=97"},"modified":"2021-04-01T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T09:33:00","slug":"well-celebrate-april-1st-with-a-bottle-of-bollinger-champagne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=97","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ll Celebrate April 1st with a Bottle of Bollinger Champagne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We think this April 1st monthly toast is a reason to celebrate and raise a glass from a splurge favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.champagne-bollinger.com\/en\/INT\/the-bollinger-collection\/vintage\/5\">Bollinger Special Cuvee Champagne<\/a>. Today is the first milestone on our way to immunity from our vaccinations. We have a ways to go before our level of immunity is high enough to make us begin to feel safe. We also realize that we&#39;ll still be wearing masks and keeping our distance from others, because we still could be asymptomatic carriers who could spread the virus.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340263e999f2bb200b-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=\"6a00e54fc42bb888340263e958b3f2200b-800wi\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb888340263e999f2bb200b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340263e999f2bb200b-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"6a00e54fc42bb888340263e958b3f2200b-800wi\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The big decision of the day is where shall we pick up a take-out order to go with our bottle. Michael Serpa is scheduled to open all three of his restaurants today, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selectboston.com\/\">Select Oyster<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandtourboston.com\/\">Grand Tour<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticoboston.com\/\">Atlantico<\/a>. We&#39;ve missed the great food and most of all we&#39;ve missed the people from these places. While we have not experienced Atlantico yet, we plan to pick up an order this week.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we&#39;ll celebrate in the hope that the warmer weather continues, the local positive case numbers begin to level off or fall, and that the number of our friends who are vaccinated rises quickly. We&#39;re starting to make a list of the things we&#39;d like to do when we feel safer going places and doing more than our one walk a day for exercise.<\/p>\n<p>A trip to Provincetown where these photos were taken is high on that list!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340263e999f36c200b-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=\"6a00e54fc42bb888340264e2eae729200d-800wi\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb888340263e999f36c200b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340263e999f36c200b-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"6a00e54fc42bb888340264e2eae729200d-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><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340263e999f259200b-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=\"DSC_8312\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb888340263e999f259200b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340263e999f259200b-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"DSC_8312\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340278801f288a200d-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=\"DSC_8314\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb888340278801f288a200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340278801f288a200d-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"DSC_8314\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gordonswine.com\">We purchased our bottle at Gordon&#39;s<\/a> on sale: $54.99 last year, when they went out of their way to gather and deliver an order of favorite wines for us.&#0160;<\/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\"><strong>A Few of Our Favorite Gifts for Wine Lovers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonzest.com\/wine\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Here are all the wines we&#39;ve covered<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong> 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: \u00a92017 Penny &amp; Ed Cherubino&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a few reasons to be hopeful<\/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":[502,43,499,295,142,56,139,501,296,194,146,500,498],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-drink","category-food-wine","category-we-recommend","tag-atlantico","tag-boston","tag-first-of-the-month","tag-grand-tour","tag-michael-serpa","tag-monthly-toast","tag-provincetown","tag-restaurant","tag-select-oyster","tag-south-end","tag-sparkling-resolution","tag-special-cuvee","tag-well-celebrate-april-1st-with-a-bottle-of-bollinger-champagne"],"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 Celebrate April 1st with a Bottle of Bollinger Champagne - 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=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=97\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We&#039;ll Celebrate April 1st with a Bottle of Bollinger Champagne - bostonzest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We have a few reasons to be hopeful\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=97\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"bostonzest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-01T09:33:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340263e999f2bb200b-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\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=97#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=97\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Penny\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f647a1db4d359874c813f277b131597f\"},\"headline\":\"We&#8217;ll Celebrate April 1st with a Bottle of Bollinger Champagne\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-01T09:33:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=97\"},\"wordCount\":381,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=97#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.typepad.com\\\/.a\\\/6a00e54fc42bb888340263e999f2bb200b-500wi\",\"keywords\":[\"Atlantico\",\"Boston\",\"first of the month\",\"Grand Tour\",\"Michael Serpa\",\"monthly toast\",\"Provincetown\",\"restaurant\",\"Select Oyster\",\"South End\",\"sparkling resolution\",\"special cuvee\",\"We'll Celebrate April 1st with a Bottle of Bollinger Champagne\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Food &amp; 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