Wine Wednesday Wordologie: “E” is for “Élevage”

Wine Wed Word Elevage

Last week we talked “Dosage” for #WineWednesday #Wordologie, and this week’s vocabulary word conveniently rhymes with it: Élevage. Just like last week’s, this week’s term is French in origin, which makes sense since champagne is French as well. This means that you might want to work on your French accent and pronunciation in order to say the…

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Wine Wednesday Wordologie: “D” is for “Dosage”

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Happy mid-week, my dears! I hope you have your pen & paper ready because it’s time for another #WineWednesday #Wordologie vocabulary lesson! Before we get started, I’ve been getting feedback from some of you {thank you–please keep it coming!} that you are really L-O-V-I-N-G this series, and that gives me great joy. It’s a wonderful…

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Wine Wednesday Wordologie: “C” is for “Crémant”

Wine Wednesday Wordologie (reboot 2)

Welcome to #WineWednesday Wordologie, my dears! If you’ve been keeping up with the site {well you have been visiting regularly, haven’t you?!} you already know I introduced this new series a couple of weeks ago in an effort to help us all get more comfortable in our champagne knowledge by increasing our effervescent vocabulary. If you need…

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Wine Wednesday Wordologie: “Balthazar”

Yep, all I need is a champagne flute...{image credit Davon D. E. Hatchett}

It’s #WineWednesday, and that means it’s time for another #Wordologie post! This is a new series that I introduced for the 1st time last week and, if preliminary feedback is any indication, it seems as though people really love it because it helps decrease the intimidation factor that champagne is often associated with. If this…

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Wine Wednesday Wordologie

Wordology definition

One of the things I absolutely L-O-V-E to do is to expose more people to the pleasures of sipping champagne and sparkling wine. That’s why I often go into detail when I’m doing my tasting reviews–I want bubbly lovers to be more comfortable with, and confident about drinking champagne anytime; not just for special occasions. The more…

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