We were supposed to open a Perrier-Jouet flower painted bottle of champagne we've had for several years, but once again didn't. That poor bottle must feel so unloved. Craig had initially bought it for a Valentine's day dinner and we were within minutes of opening it when I got a call telling me my stepmom had been in a really bad car accident and I needed to come since my dad couldn't stay alone due to dementia and obviously her sister wanted to go be with her at the trauma center they helicoptered her to 90 miles away. So, knowing I'd be leaving for a 1300+ mile drive early the next morning, the bottle got put away. It seems like every time we try to use it something comes up, even if it's just forgetting to get a bag of ice like it was last night for the ice bucket. It, however, has 1 or 2 more chances since we have another jar of caviar, cheese leftover, AND we still have most of the black truffle left that we used on my shrimp risotto with black truffles creation I made a couple of nights ago.
Now to answer your ? since the saga of the PJ bottle has been told, I had a bottle of Stella Artois Cidre and Craig had a couple of beers from 1 of the little breweries, and I have no idea of the name. He said his beer went well with everything and I know my Cidre did, figured it would,but even better than I hoped.
These were our Christmas gifts to each other.