The “Sips, Suds & Smokes” podcast, hosted by Bob Howell, tastes through a lineup of champagnes paired with caviar in the third “Fizzy Water with Style” episode, and both Champagne Ayala’s A/18 Le Blanc de Blancs and Champagne Bollinger’s PN TX20 walk away with the show’s top rating of 5 Sips.
The show calls Ayala’s A/18 Le Blanc de Blancs “absolutely gorgeous,” praising its “dazzling acidity” as a defining feature of the pour. Bollinger’s PN TX20 draws equal enthusiasm as “a very special bottle of Champagne,” noted for its wonderful ginger character layered with fresh grated ginger, honey, and cherries, finishing with “intense but balanced” minerality.
The episode airs across more than 500 NPR member stations nationwide, reaching upward of 8 million listeners a week.
Listen to the full episode HERE.
