Well hello there, 2014! It sure is great to meet ya.

I don’t have a recipe for you this week, as we just finished our Skippin’ Jenny last night — I think our prosperity is pretty much guaranteed at this point — but I wanted to let you know about a last minute change of plans to our toasting in the new year. If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you’re already aware of this, but we opted to save our Champagne for another time when I happened across our bottle of bubbly from Navarro. It was part of our last wine club shipment, and it was the perfect way to welcome the new year. I got juicy pear in the glass with floral notes and a light mineral finish. Charles tasted lemon meringue pie. Obviously, we both loved it. If it’s a precursor for what 2014 has in store for us, it’s going to be a gorgeous year.