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I’ve said a couple of times here that I don’t drink French wine--partly because I don’t understand all the domaines, and partly because of how damn serious they are.  I watched Mondovino and jeez louis, you’d think some of these guys were absolutely without a sense of humor.Nonetheless, a very charming woman, Melanie Tarlant, from the blog http://www.champagne-blog.com wrote to tell me that I do indeed drink French wine--the kind with tiny bubbles in it.Yeah, you’re right, Melanie.  I do drink Champagne.  I didn’t have the heart to let her know that I’m a little down on the Moet & Chandon product food chain and more likely to quaff anything but Dom Perignon.The Champagne blog just moved to Typepad and they have video’s.  In the spirit of the Francophile, I’m including a short recent post in French and the same translated in English.  Rat-de-CaveQuand le silence règne dans la cave, l’atmosphère y est très particulière. Ici aussi la bougie est de mise, mais pas pour la prière. (Saint Vincent est passé, nous attendons les Saintes Glaces.)Seule la main de l’homme compte, la flamme allume la mèche, le souffre s’enflamme et va protéger le tonneau. Le futur vin de réserve va pouvoir être transvasé.Twisted taperWhen silence reigns in the cellar, the atmosphere is very particularthere. Here also the candle is of setting, but not for the prayer.(Vincent Saint passed, we await the Holy Ices.)Only the hand of the man counts, the flame lights the wick, suffers itignites and will protect the barrel. The future wine of reserve couldbe transvased.And, in the spirit of some fun, here are some sample lyrics from Don Ho’s Tiny Bubbles:Tinybubbles in the wine,make me happy, make me feel fine,tiny bubbles make me warm all overwith a feeling that I’m gonna love you ‘til the end of time.  http://www.goodgrape.com/index.php/85/