Yeah, down my throat and not down the drain. When I first heard about sparkling wine with 22-carat gold leaf (from David Tutera, of all people), I thought it must be very expensive indeed and affordable only for the mega millionaires. Seems not. I mean, Speedy bought a bottle for New Year’s Eve and Speedy is always looking for the cheapest with the best quality anything so it can’t be that expensive.
Blue Nun Gold Edition with fine flakes of 22-carat gold leaf. The gold leaf had no distinctive flavor and they didn’t scratch my throat either. Very light and oh, so pretty!
The perfect accompaniment: oysters on the half shell. 
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inna 01.04.08 at 10:54 am
it is indeed “sparkling” wine. the oysters look great. yum…i love it just like you photographed it- but sometime- try it with lemon and tabasco.
happy new year!
Connie Veneracion 01.04.08 at 2:49 pm
Hi Inna, yeh, I had them with lemon. No salt because the taste of the sea was still in them. But I never tried them with Tabasco before. Sounds delicious.
Em Dy 01.04.08 at 3:16 pm
My first reaction when I saw the title and the picture was “What?!” I thought you swallowed a ring submerged in the wine. It’s good you didn’t. LOL
Em Dy 01.04.08 at 3:21 pm
BTW, I like this layout A LOT!
Connie Veneracion 01.04.08 at 3:41 pm
LOL Em, catchy title, eh? hahahaha Re the layout: me too hehehehe
florskie 01.04.08 at 3:52 pm
good afternoon sassy, i love all your topics here, the food and drinks includes, btw although the layout is good i can’t read the fonts, it has a dark font color, not good for the dark back ground, please put in a little color for the letters to be readable, thank you and a happy new year to you and your family
florskie 01.04.08 at 3:53 pm
sorry for the typo, i mean the layout is good but i can’t read the fonts.
Kongkong622 01.04.08 at 4:33 pm
Champagne with gold flakes..sounds interesting. I’d like to try that one of these days. Masarap yun champagne? Never tried them with oysters either but I loooove oysters (with lemon or with vinegar/pepper/garlic) We usually have them with an antipasti platter or just cold cuts.
Connie Veneracion 01.04.08 at 5:04 pm
florskie, the background of the main panel is white. There is a notebook graphic background. Baka hindi nag-download fully?
Kongkong, it’s a very light, semi-sweet wine. Tamang-tama lang. Masarap.
Honey21 01.04.08 at 11:05 pm
hi ate connie, Happy new year to you and your family! i’m loving the new look although i have the same problem with florskie, madilim ung fonts against the dark background, bit difficult to read. tried to refresh pero ganon pa rin.
amee 01.05.08 at 12:20 am
happy new year!
i love the new layout!
re those having problems reading the text: my guess is you’re probably using ie6. just upgrade to ie7 or use firefox.
Connie Veneracion 01.05.08 at 3:44 am
Happy New Year, Honey21.
Apparently, it’s an IE problem. Fixed it.
rhodora 01.05.08 at 10:34 am
Wow! I’d like to try this kind of wine too.
I can guess some action followed after you and Speedy had the drink? hehehe.
Connie Veneracion 01.05.08 at 3:58 pm
More like sound actions… as in LOUD snoring! hahahahaha
Joshua 01.05.08 at 5:25 pm
With oysters & Champagne? Don’t be coy, we all know what it does to the libido and puts a smile on ones face the morning after.LOL
toni 01.05.08 at 10:26 pm
Champagne with gold flakes — it looks sooo elegant! Wouldn’t it be extra-perfect for golden anniversaries?
Nikita 01.06.08 at 9:31 pm
Hi Connie. Where did Speedy get the bottle? Parang ang sarap!
Connie Veneracion 01.07.08 at 12:43 pm
Joshua, ANYTHING can be labeled as aphrodisiacs if it increases the sales.
Toni, you’re right!
Nikita, that I will have to ask. Taga-inom lang kasi ako eh hehehehe
Hana 10.07.08 at 4:47 pm
It looks soooooo yummy
where did u buy that wine? I really wanna try it. plz let me know lol