Karen Krizanovich

Effervesce sense | Karen Krizanovich’s guide to midsummer sparkle

Effervesce sense | Karen Krizanovich’s guide to midsummer sparkle

by Karen Krizanovich

"I don’t want to read about a wine I can’t actually get"

Red carpets and undiscovered gems

Red carpets and undiscovered gems

by Karen Krizanovich

"Where else can I savour the choices of often esoteric programmers whose idea of a great film is a far cry from mine?"

Effervesce Sense | Drink the farm dry

Effervesce Sense | Drink the farm dry

by Karen Krizanovich

"For sure, no wine like this was ever served in the history of Illinois"

Stately home is where the heart is | Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire

Stately home is where the heart is | Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire

by Karen Krizanovich

"It’s not a knackering drive (you can take a helicopter), has many seductive historical details like fancy romantic-novel chandeliers, wooden balustrade gargoyles with boobs, aphrodisiac Valrhona Tulakalum dark chocolate fondant, what more could impress someone you like?"

Effervesce sense | Karen Krizanovich on all things Bond and Bollinger

Effervesce sense | Karen Krizanovich on all things Bond and Bollinger

by Karen Krizanovich

"This summer, I popped into The Bloomsbury Hotel’s Coral Room to witness people so happy to be out of lockdown that the scene was literally Bacchanalia"

Great white ways | Karen Krizanovich reviews <em>The Shark is Broken</em>

Great white ways | Karen Krizanovich reviews The Shark is Broken

by Karen Krizanovich

"In the programme, there are many lovely photos but one especially captures that time - him peeking under the covering of one shark, his father at the its head"

Effervesce sense | Karen Krizanovich on Exton Park Rosé and champagne for a good cause

Effervesce sense | Karen Krizanovich on Exton Park Rosé and champagne for a good cause

by Karen Krizanovich

"My hand went to the wrong neck. The foil off, it was like breaking into an ISA for shits and giggles"

Effervesce sense | Karen Krizanovich on the big ol’ Bollinger R.D. 2007

Effervesce sense | Karen Krizanovich on the big ol’ Bollinger R.D. 2007

by Karen Krizanovich

Karen Krizanovich on the big ol' Bollinger R.D. 2007. "Don’t say legend. The word is a cliche now, used for any old acquaintance or, points for maximum irritation, horse"

Effervesce sense | Valentine’s Day edition

Effervesce sense | Valentine’s Day edition

by Karen Krizanovich

"It’s silly, I know, but love is silly"

Effervesce sense | Mad about Methóde Cap Classique

Effervesce sense | Mad about Methóde Cap Classique

by Karen Krizanovich

"When you see a bottle marked Cap Classique, buy it… Drink it alone - you know I often do - or with people. Drink it crying, laughing or feeling totally numb"