Life is a Cabernet - Sparklers for the Holidays

Asked when she drank Champagne, Lily Bollinger, the “Grand Dame” of Champagne, replied: “I only 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 am not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it – unless I’m thirsty.” While Lily apparently had more than her share of sparkling wine, the rest of us tend to reserve it for celeb-rations of the human spirit, both somber and joyous.

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