Make no mistake about it: I absolutely loveeeeee, love, L-O-V-E a fabulous brunch. The food, the vibes, the fashion. The best brunches are an entire experience. Forget relegating it to just Sundays–you can call me any day of the week and I’d be totally down. Brunch just isn’t complete in my book without a good breakfast cocktail accompaniment but, as much as […]
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What In The World is The Bubbleista Drinking: Sole di Limone
There is much that quintessentially says “summer” more than a glass of cold, sweet-tart, cooling, refreshing lemonade. Whether you’re at a picnic, barbecue, the pool or an outdoor social gathering during the warmer months, you’re almost certain to see a pitcher beckoning you to sip. In fact, the hubs and I love it so much that we keep lemonade […]
8 Reasons Bubbly Lovers Should be Drinking Prosecco Superiore DOCG
As a wine category Prosecco has really blown up in popularity over the last 8 to 10 years, and it’s widely regarded as a fun approachable sparkler perfect for casual, sipping and great sparkling cocktail making. However, there’s a new class of Prosecco producers bubbling up who are causing a stir in the effervescent […]
Yuletide Mimosangria ©
Let me guess–by the name of it, you’re wondering how in the world I came up with this drink, lol. Well…”Picture it: a small Christmas gathering circa 2021…” Okay, so boom: when it comes to holiday entertaining that includes a cocktail, there are typically a handful of traditional options that always pop up. What’s one of […]
How to Pair It: 4 Tips for Perfectly Pairing Champagne + Sushi
As a general edict, champagne is often touted as the wine that pairs with almost everything. While that’s certainly true, the real flex is the realization that certain champagnes pair better with some foods than others, depending on that bubbly’s style. Those in the champagne know realize that by exploring and leveraging this concept they can elevate their […]
How to Pair It: Champagne + French Fries for National French Fry Day
Time for another edition of #HowToPairIt–and, in honor of National French Fry Day on July 13th, today we’re talking fab Champagne + Fries pairings! I’m one of those people who L-O-V-E-S fries of ALL kinds and varieties: steak fries, crinkle cut fries, frites/skinny fries, poutine fries, sweet potato fries, virtually whatever kind of *French fry* it may […]
The Sparkling Wines of Rioja
Ready for some #EffervescentEducation, my bubbly lovers! Let’s talk Rioja sparkling wine! Let me guess: right now you’re saying “Wait, Davon—bubbly from the heart of Tempranillo wine country?” If you’ve never heard of sparklers from Rioja before that’s probably because the region only officially authorized the DOCa (Denominación de Origen Calificada) for sparkling wine in […]
Be a Caviar Rockstar: a How-To Guide for Enjoying and Entertaining With Caviar
Caviar, once considered a delicacy reserved only for the rich and famous, is now much more ubiquitously celebrated, thanks largely in part to—you probably guessed it—the internet. Those buttery beads of briny deliciousness are currently having a major food trend moment, and it’s one that lovers of culinary decadence definitely shouldn’t miss out on. Excited about joining in on this fab […]
How to Pair It: Pimento Cheese Sandwich & Cabernet Sauvignon
If the book “Big Macs and Burgundy” showed people anything, it’s that wine deserves to be partnered with every day, simple foods and snacks just as much as it does with gourmet foods and meals. That means as a long time advocate and proponent of that very ideology, I’m always up for experimenting when it […]
What To Pair With It: the Champagne Snack Board
Y’all, when I posted my #champagnesnackboard last week, I had NO IDEA that it was going to be so well received! Thank you, my spectacular bubbly lovers, for All the comments, shares, and saves, and showing my post ALL the love! As a show of appreciation, I just had to circle back with some great […]
Untamed Wine Estates in Texas Wine Country
I’ve got a brand new #TexasWineCountry wine experience review for y’all: Untamed Wine Estates in Hye/Fredericksburg, TX! Opened just over a year ago in May 2021 @untamedwines was launched by married couple Mckenzie Sanvido and Dane Sanvido Owner, General Manager, and Winemaker Dane is from South Africa but has developed his winemaking skills from all over […]
Bubbleista Wine Review: Champagne Paul Bara Grand Rosé
Just in time for #NationalRoseDay this Friday, June 11th, here’s a #BubbleistaWineReview for @champagne_paul_bara “Grand Rosé!” Allow me to just cut right to the chase though, y’all: without question, Paul Bara makes some of the most exquisitely spectacular, beautiful, bold, full, nuanced, finessed wines in the Champagne region. Full stop. Let’s get into it, bubbly […]
A Bubbleista Champagne Pop-Up: “Champagne & Crustaceans”
Okay, raise your hand if you have ever been intimidated by wine…? Yep, I’m sure almost all of you reading this have been! I mean, at one point or another most of us have found ourselves staring at a wine list; at a dinner party or event with several courses paired with several different wines; or […]
A Rare and Special 2019: Champagne Salmon Special Club Bubbleista Wine Review
For that last several weeks I’ve been hearing the same words repeatedly ringing in my head whenever I began to think about 2019 in any capacity: Be intentional…be intentional…be intentional… No matter what aspect of the new year I was thinking about, those words kept coming back. So when I asked the hubs which #champagne he […]
The Bubbleista Loves: Chic Home Office Design Inspiration
In case you didn’t already know {but how could you not, my dear?}, The Bubbleista is on a determined mission to achieve Champagne Empire World Domination. Yep, we’re talking entire planet-status here. Oh, and trust me, it’s gonna happen. I’ve been busy plotting, planning, learning, and executing in order to make my champagne wishes and […]
Flashback Friday + Fizzy Friday: “Twas The Night Before Christmas” The Champagne Remix
Embed from Getty Images ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, The Bubbleista was trying not to wake up her spouse. I hung all the stockings by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas would put champagne in there. I knew it was time to get all snug in my bed; But visions […]
Fizzy Friday Fab Four Links Round-up: July Champagne & Food News Edition
Is it just me, or does the intensity to eat and drink well intensify during the summer? I chalk it up to the fact that people are generally feeling more social and convivial during the warmer months. After all, with all of the hanging out pool side; summer holidays; picnics; celebrations; and gatherings, food and […]
Happy New Year! 2016 is Here!
Welcome to 2016, my dears! There’s been lots of good things being cooked up over here {in addition to the traditional black-eyed peas and green for good luck, of course!} in Bubbleista land for the last several weeks in anticipation of 2016, and I can’t wait to share them with you. I’m not quite […]
Fizz Friday Prosecco Facts & Find: Cavicchioli 1928
Hello bubbly lovers! Today’s Fizz Friday post is a bit of a mashup between a Fizz Friday link round-up and a Fizz Friday Find by combining the 2 into 1 Prosecco post…a bubbly hybrid, if you will. The lone round-up link comes to us from one of my favorite reads, the champagne and sparkling wine bi-monthly magazine known […]