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Anytime is champagne time

If the English are identified with tea then the French, or at least the Champenois, are certainly identified with champagne. In the same way that many of us drink tea or, these days, perhaps coffee, at the drop of a hat, in Champagne the drink of choice is champagne for just about any and every moment of the day.

That doesn’t mean to say that you have to be very formal every time you get the champagne out. Quite the opposite in fact; sometimes the more improptu the moment the better the result.

For example.........

To taste or not to taste? A brief guide to choosing wine

Have you ever found yourself in a restaurant and for some reason you’re the one who gets selected to taste the wine before it’s served ?

How do you feel?

• Is this a moment of panic?

• Do you bluff your way through hoping that no one will find out that you don’t really know what on earth you’re doing?

• Do you pretend to be in charge of the situation, pronounce confidently that "Yes. The wine’s fine" whilst all the time secretly praying that some smart so-and-so isn’t going to tell you, a few seconds later, that you have made a complete hash of things?

We've all been there, so don’t worry. Here are a few tips that will take the mystery out of the entire process.