Essential Cooking: Demystifying champagne with Paulina Schemanski

May 1, 2023

Paulina Schemanski talks everything champagne with Ann Delisi and James Rigato.

Champagne being poured into glasses.

Take a deep dive into everything champagne with Paulina Schemanski, sommelier at Mabel Gray. She tells Essential Cooking hosts Ann Delisi and Chef James Rigato all about what makes champagne… champagne. 

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In this episode:

  • Chatting with Paulina Schemanski, wine program manager and sommelier at Mabel Gray
  • The difference between champagne and other kinds of sparkling wine
  • When is the best time to drink champagne?
  • How to shop for champagne at the grocery store
  • The history of champagne, from the Romans onward
Ann Delisi, Paulina Schemanski and James Rigato smile in front of the WDET studios
Paulina Schemanski (middle) smiles with Essential Cooking’s Ann Delisi and Chef James Rigato in the WDET studios.

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  • David Leins is the senior producer of WDET’s daily news and culture program, The Metro. He has produced several award-winning podcasts and multimedia series at WDET including Tracked and Traced, Science of Grief and COVID Diaries, which earned a National Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation. He previously led WDET’s StoryMakers program. David has an M.A. in Media Arts and Studies from Wayne State University, and a B.A. in anthropology from Grand Valley State University with a minor in Arabic. David teaches podcasting at Wayne State University and is an alumnus of the Transom Audio Storytelling Workshop.

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