From Taco Bell to Tzatziki: Surprising Champagne Pairings Pt. 4

Forrest Kelly00:00:00

Welcome. Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast with Forrest Kelly.

Forrest Kelly00:00:06

Champagne and breakfast. Yes or no?

David Aferiat00:00:08

Hell yes. Hell yes. You know, and. And there's one. We have a. We have a. We have a champagne.And this champagne, when it's paired with anything that has dill in it. So eggs and dill or frittata or an omelette. I mean, toe curling pairing that will blow you away.

Forrest Kelly00:00:25

So you mentioned Taco Bell earlier. Are there some kind of pairings where it's like, what?

David Aferiat00:00:30

Yeah, sure. So Indian food and these.And these, the softer champagnes that have a little bit more pinot minier in them, like our card pearl or like the Classique from Raflin de Pitre with Indian food, just singed. If I had again, back to. If I had this garlicky tzatziki sauce that's served with either Greek food or gyro or a chicken shawarma. And I have that.Again, just.I mean, you start to realize, like, wow, life is really a amazing, beautiful thing to take these and to have these sensations going on of how good this food is with how perfect the pairing is with the champagne.

Forrest Kelly00:01:10

Okay, yes, Funny. Avid vines champagne. If it was a famous person, who would it be?

David Aferiat00:01:17

You know what? Frankly, because our Persona. I didn't. When I came up with. We call our Persona Donna.Uh, and Donna is this woman who is the hub of her social network and who has this wellness routine. And I don't know why I chose. Well, I.I do know why I chose Donna because we had an early customer whose name is Donna, and only then later did I start to watch, like, this TV show Suits. Yeah. And one of the characters in there is this all confident and powerful woman, Donna, who comes in redhead and fiery and looking great.And so it kind of morphed into like, well, that's definitely, you know, Donna's. If Donna were giving you, you know, Donna has this in her back pocket and she, you know, wants to. She's always pouring this kind of champagne.

Forrest Kelly00:01:58

If you could share a bottle of your champagne with any historical figure, I.

David Aferiat00:02:03

Would share it with. I would share it with my grandfather, who.Who is in my mind, in my world, a very historical figure and who immigrated and brought his family to the US But. But the first thought in more general terms that everyone else would understand is that I would share it with.With Napoleon because of his quote that he always, you know, he's. He's attributed to that. You know, I drink champagne regardless.I drink champagne in my wins to celebrate the victory, and I drink champagne in My losses to nurse the wounds. I'm drinking champagne.

Forrest Kelly00:02:32

What's. Have you ever gotten a strange reaction because you've curated your.And from everything from the, you know, controlled climate across the ocean, getting it here, you've taken such detail and making it a wow moment. Have you. Have you gotten a strange reaction from people?

David Aferiat00:02:50

Not. Not bad.

Forrest Kelly00:02:51

Yeah. Right. Right.

David Aferiat00:02:53

No, I just. We. We get. We have some people that are just in love with certain, you know, certain of the. Of the champagnes that we have and are obsessed with it.Even in the wine club, when we have a different allocation to like, you can always buy, you know, extra bottles of it. And for them it's just a reminder like, okay, I'm getting this in the wine club, but I still want this. And so it all comes in. Yeah. Together.But yeah, and we've captured, you know, at our tastings and so forth. We. We capture testimonials and, and you can interact with us with these reactions when you get the champagnes by just going.Following us on Instagram, which is avid. Underscore vines on Instagram.

Forrest Kelly00:03:25

And.

David Aferiat00:03:26

And that's a great way to also kind of listen in on the conversation.

Forrest Kelly00:03:29

Two questions more. And is it acceptable? Not acceptable. Ice cubes and champagne.

David Aferiat00:03:34

Don't do it. Keep the bottle, you know, do the work. Be intentional, Set up as a guest, you know, your. Your home for your hosting. You know, again, you share these.You share a bottle of champagne. I mean, only if you're in the industry and. Or a sociopath do you drink champagne alone. But it can be done. But champagne is really sings when it's.As you.As you would prepare a guest, you prepare the champagne, get it down to about 55 degrees, even if you have to put it in the freezer for an hour or in the refrigerator for, you know, in the day. And I mean like out of a wine cooler and into a refrigerator or keep it at a wine cooler. If you have. Just depending what people have. If you are.And if you are. If you don't have that kind of refrigerated storage and you get the wines, just keep it in a cool, dark place. Like usually your basement.Not on top of the refrigerator, not out on display in the living room, but in a cool, dark place. And then bring it up and into the refrigerator for a day or so.

Forrest Kelly00:04:23

And then boom, the last part here. And you can take a moment to kind of collect your thoughts and things.But since you are bilingual, actually you probably speak more than two languages. Could you give us a toast?

David Aferiat00:04:36

Sure. Well, Sant. A tous est a tout de bon mond belver et des bons amis.So to your health always, you know, in your glass, with good food and good friends together.

Forrest Kelly00:04:55

There we go. That's how you do it. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for your patience with all of this and thank you for your time.

David Aferiat00:05:01

Appreciate it. For us, this has been fantastic.

Forrest Kelly00:05:03

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