As you know if you follow my blogs, Facebook page, Twitter, or have ever met me, I love champagne!
Last week, I was in San Francisco and when in San Fran one must take a little detour to Napa. I think I could spend a week or more in Napa alone. This visit to Napa, Joe and I visited Mumm Napa. When I visited Champagne region I didn’t get the chance to visit Mumm and last Napa visit we did tastings at Chandon. For me, no wine region tasting day is complete without a sparkling tasting so Mumm selected as a visit.
We elected to taste the Brut Classic trio of sparkling wines. All three were very good. When Joe was walking through the facility he noticed a quote by Napoleon. Now after having done a little investigating I’m not sure whether he read the quote correctly or whether it was correctly quoted but here are two quotes which capture what he read:
“I drink Champagne when I win, to celebrate…and I drink Champagne when I lose, to console myself.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
“In victory we deserve it, in defeat we need it.” – Winston Churchill
Here are a few more which I also found and appreciated:
Remember gentlemen, it’s not just France we are fighting for, it’s Champagne! ~ Winston Churchill, WWI
Come quickly, I am tasting the stars! ~ Dom Perignon, at the moment he discovered champagne
I drink champagne when I’m happy and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I’m not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it – unless I’m thirsty. ~ Madame Lilly Bollinger
“Champagne makes you feel like it’s Sunday and better days are just around the corner.” – Marlene Dietrich
“My only regret in life is that I did not drink more Champagne.” – John Meynard Keynes
“Two warm bodies and one cold bottle of Champagne will produce something more wonderful than would happen without the Champagne.” – Helen Gurley Brown
“Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“One holds a bottle of red wine by the neck, a woman by the waist, and a bottle of Champagne by the derriere.” – Mark Twain
