Food & Wine’s Ray Isle joined the hosts of CNBC Squawkbox to share his top holiday wine picks this holiday season, including Champagne Bollinger La Grande Année 2015. The story addresses the state of the wine industry and overall wine sales in a post-pandemic world, before delving into the wine recommendations.
Ray notes that Bollinger is one of the great Champagne Houses, and James Bond’s favorite, as a bit of context on the Maison. He speaks to a few of the tasting notes of the prestige cuvée, noting that the holidays are the perfect occasion to splurge on an extra special bottle like La Grande Année. It was a colorful conversation with the hosts, including Becky Quick who admitted she isn’t much of a Champagne drinker herself.
It is worth watching the segment in its entirety to get Ray’s take on wine sales, while also seeing his recommendations. Watch it HERE
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Champagne Bollinger La Grande Année 2015
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La Grande Année: The Great Year. This Champagne is the embodiment of everything that makes Bollinger the producer that stands apart in Champagne. La Grande Année, or LGA, preserves the traditions of the past and symbolizes the word "hand-crafted" so strongly that an overused word suddenly becomes the only appropriate definition.
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Champagne Bollinger
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Bollinger is one of the rare Grande Marques that’s still family owned. Known for its rich, elegant and polished style of Champagne, their outstanding wines are the result of rigorous attention to detail and incredibly labor-intensive practices that few houses are willing to undertake. Underscoring its excellence, Bollinger has remained British secret agent James Bond's Champagne of choice since 1973.
