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Bollinger Special Cuvee

In any cadre of aficionados the question when conversation dries up "what one book, one recording, one companion would you chose to take if you knew you'd be stranded on a desert island?" When folks know you're a wine geek that question is what one wine would you take to a desert isle. For me the situation needn't be so desperate to illicit an answer of Champagne; for me a deserted aisle would do. Champagne is from the eponymous region of France an hour or so east of Paris. Here the finest sparkling wines in the world are made. They vary in the proportional blend of grapes, Chardonnay and the two red grapes Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, and what the soil is like. That said for the purposes of this blurp what you will expect is a delicacy and precision that lifts you to poetics; I feel so James, James Bond ala Sean Connory when I'm enjoying a glass of Champagne. Total disclosure here... there is no such thing as a glass of Champagne.

Food Pairings

Roasted birds are a preternatural match but Pinot Noir goes with any number of dishes ranging from those incorporating wild game and foraged mushrooms to veal stews or grilled fleshy fish. For a classic cheese pairing hunt down some Epoisse...

Where to find this wine

Accounts that have purchased this wine in the previous twelve months are listed below, alphabetically by city. Please call ahead to confirm availability or vintage

Beehive Liquors
Bemidji
218-333-3767

Top Ten Liquors - Blaine
Blaine
763-754-3231

Mgm - West Bloomington
Bloomington
952-888-9421

Total Wine & More #1601 - Bloomington
Bloomington
952-835-6063

Costco - Burnsville
Burnsville
952-229-6480

Total Wine & More #1603 - Burnsville
Burnsville
952-835-6063

Lunds & Byerlys - Chanhassen
Chanhassen
952-474-1298

Total Wine & More #1606 - Chanhassen
Chanhassen
952-934-6484

Total Wine & More #1609 - Coon Rapids
Coon Rapids

Fitger's Wine Cellars
Duluth
218-733-0792

Costco - Eagan
Eagan
612-439-8060

Total Wine & More #1607 - Eagan
Eagan
651-452-0499

Eden Prairie #1
Eden Prairie
952-949-8423

Eden Prairie #3
Eden Prairie
952-934-0067

Edina # 3 - Vernon/grandview
Edina
952-903-5740

Edina # 2 - York/southdale
Edina
952-903-5730

Liquor Barn
Long Lake
952-473-1817

Costco - Maple Grove
Maple Grove
763-494-8050

Total Wine & More #1605 - Maple Grove
Maple Grove
763-488-3300

Haskell's - Maple Grove
Maple Grove
763-400-7888

Party Time Liquors
Maplewood
651-770-1447

Whole Foods - Mpls
Minneapolis
612-313-7100

Lake Wine & Cheese
Minneapolis
612-242-0073

North Loop Wine & Spirits
Minneapolis
612-338-5393

Lunds & Byerlys - Mpls
Minneapolis
952-927-3663

Surdyk's
Minneapolis
612-379-3232

1010 Washington Wine & Spirits
Minneapolis
612-339-4040

Underground Leaf And Vine
Minneapolis
612-213-2975

Falls Liquor
Minneapolis
612-729-5498

France 44
Minneapolis
612-925-3252

Total Wine & More #1608 - Minnetonka
Minnetonka
952-545-2754

The Wine Shop
Minnetonka
952-988-9463

Jack's Bottle Shop
Rochester
507-993-6692

Andy's Liquor
Rochester
507-289-0777

Total Wine & More #1602 - Roseville
Roseville
301-795-1000

Costco - St Cloud
Saint Cloud

Total Wine & More #1610 - St Louis Park
Saint Louis Park

Liquor Boy
Saint Louis Park
952-512-2200

Costco - St Louis Park
Saint Louis Park
763-582-9615

First Grand Liquors
Saint Paul
651-227-7039

International Wines & Liquors
Saint Paul
651-690-5471

Solo Vino
Saint Paul
651-602-9515

Haskell's - St Paul
Saint Paul
651-698-8844

Thomas Liquor
Saint Paul
651-699-1860

Jim's Liquor - Shorewood
Shorewood
507-304-2897

Wayzata Wines & Spirits
Wayzata
952-473-7191

Jerry's Wine & Spirits
Woodbury
651-414-4870

Costco - Woodbury
Woodbury
425-427-7582

Total Wine & More #1604 - Woodbury
Woodbury
301-795-1000

Cub Liquor - Woodbury
Woodbury

Top Ten Liquors - Woodbury
Woodbury
651-501-1199

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