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Article: Heart and soul of the imbiber's fizzy friend; Lifestyle Editor Carole Ann Rice develops a taste for fine Champagne - thanks to the expert help of Francoise Peretti.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- August 5, 1998
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Do you know how to drink Champagne? A stupid question, you say. You simply open the bottle, pour into flutes, open your mouth and down the little red lanes it slips. Great peace, bon homie, another bottle and an over-draft ensues.
Or you could do it the Jilly Goulden way and emote powerful images of ballet slippers marinaded in balsamic Tizer wrapped around a cling peach and hedgerow poultice and miss the point. Sadly, most of us fall between these two extremes. As France's top ex port market in Champagne we British are woefully ignorant, reverential and just a ...