“Do” Try This at Home: Beginning with a Sabrage Salt Lake City Bailliage Enjoys a Remote Champagne Brunch

By Sue Geary, Vice Charge’ de Presse, FWS, IWS, SWS

Our eagerness for an end to the year 2020 can not be over-stated, so we popped some corks to say good riddance and celebrated the New Year with our December member event.  Vice Echanson Kasey Dubler took charge of this fun and educational remote gathering starting with a sabrage demonstration.  Kasey then gave an excellent presentation on Champagne including its history, production, grapes, winemakers, and recommendation of some exceptional Champagnes.  We took two side tours to highlight other sparkling wines, Prosecco Superiore DOCG of Veneto, Italy, and Raventos Cava of Catalonia, Spain.

Members who registered for this event received a list of Champagnes and other sparkling wines available through our local, state-operated wine stores and some recipes for quiche.  We made our own brunches and dined together via Zoom during the presentation.  All of the registration fees we collected became part of a donation to the Utah Food Bank.

It was fun to toast one another and salute our endurance as a bailliage through the challenges of this year.  We greet 2021 hopeful that we will soon be able to meet again in person to enjoy fine dining, fine wines, and fine friendships!