Review: Wilson Creek Almond Champagne

My mum drinks champagne quite a bit. I've had some of it. It's usually the cheapest stuff you can get at the grocer's. Don't get me wrong, more expensive does not mean better (see my previous review of Andre Cold Duck). However, I've always found that her champagne needs to be tempered with orange juice (hello Mimosa!). Not sure how to describe why I feel it needs to be that way, but it seems like it's too... tarte? bitter? dry? Hmm... I still haven't hit quite the right word, but you get my meaning.

Now, I love almond. Add it to anything and it makes it 100% better! So when I went to the store and saw this beautiful champagne bottle enticing me with the promise of almond I began anticipating the moment I had something to celebrate so I could uncork this beauty.

A few weeks after I noticed that such a thing as Almond Champagne existed, my father came home with a bottle of the stuff out of the blue!

After a night's worth of chilling I uncorked the bottle and poured myself and my father a glass. "Oh My Gosh"!!! The people at Wilson Creek pride themselves on the fact that people upon their first sip ever of this champagne say that phrase every time.

It is truly delicious. It is sweet with a hint of almond. Thank goodness it's not a slap of Almond to the face (even I know you can go overboard when adding almond). Most certainly not a mixer, meant to be drunk alone.

Wilson Creek Almond Champagne is a sweet (but not too sweet) and very refreshing champagne that I look forward to drinking again.

Review: Andre Cold Duck

Well, this isn't much of a review as I'm no wine connoisseur, but I wanted to get a different opinion about this lovely beverage out there.

Everything you need to know about the history of Cold Duck can be found on its respective Wikipedia pace.

Down to the nitty gritty. I have not yet found a red wine that I like. Thank the Lord for sparkling wine! Andre Cold Duck is delicious. It is very sweet and fruity. I think the aroma is wonderful.

I intend to learn someday how to describe the alcoholic beverages I consume using well known terminology. When I do I shall revamp this review, I promise. Because this drink is too good to only have a silly review such as this one.