1995......a good year

1995 Dom Perignon. Tastes so good it should be illegal.

Let me rewind a few years here. Back in the summer of 2003, Melissa and I just bought a lovely house in the borough of Tarentum, Pennsylvania. It was $63,000 of heaven on earth in an up and coming area that was named in Money magazine's "Best Places to Live (population under 50,000)". So while Melissa, her dad and myself were moving ourselves in during I remember was a quite hot and humid day, my father stops over to see the new house. Well it wasn't a new house, it was built way back in the 30's. So my dad stops by on his way out to dinner at some fancy shmancy restaurant and says "Congrats, by the way, here is a house warming gift." And he hands me the coveted bottle of champagne. And then he leaves as we all continue to sweat our asses off moving everything in the house. (By the way, no A/C in that house)

So now flash forward a few years and 1,300 miles to the west. We have hung on to this bottle and every year we talk about opening it up for one occasion or the other. So we definitely said we were gonna crack it open to celebrate the baby and our new lives out here in Colorado. Plus Melissa was dying for some alcohol after not being able to drink for nine months. So we bring the bottle up to the lovely town of Evergreen to toast with the Banks'.

So, I'm getting ready to open the bottle and we all decide to go out on their deck with is really nice and has some kick ass views. Figured it would be a memorable bottle. I ask for a towel to hold over the cork so I can open it slowly and not spill any of the pricey liquid. So Pat says, "Don't worry, the cork won't go that far, it won't be a problem. So I take of the cap and let 'er fly. Cork shoots off the patio roof and here comes the champagne (down my arm). Luckily it wasn't too much and we all got to toast to friends and family. It tasted awesome. I just need to work some more overtime so I can feed my new expensive champagne habit.

P.S. Later that night, I wanted to see how much the bottle actually costs. Newer bottles are between $100-$150. The vintage 1995 now can cost anywhere from $300 and up. Made me feel all hoity-toity for a few moments.

-Chas