Serious question — You receive this bottle of champagne from a pal and he sends this review along with it. What do you do?

The year 1962 gave us three important happenings. The first was the death of Marilyn Monroe, a tragedy beyond our ability to embrace. The second was the Cuban Missile Crisis that took the world to the edge of the abyss with nuclear war at the bottom and our toes dangling over the edge. The third happening offset the first two—Dom Perignon bottled a 1962 brut from an extraordinary crop that has changed the course of history and may change yours. Continue reading →