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Anyone else love Champagne?

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AndrewR

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Finishing a bottle of champagne, from a vintner in Epernay. I love the stuff, and I've been impressed with this bottle of $12 stuff. Last bottle I had before this was Dom Perignon (first time), and it was fantastic -- managed to get it for $60 so I was ecstatic. Went to find it this year, and the price was $115 though. 🙁

Any other champagne fans out there?
 
I can take it or leave it. It's good on occasion but if I never drank another champagne in my life, I wouldn't miss it.
 
Originally posted by: Legendary
Champagne Verve Cliqeau - worth every cent.
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I couldnt stand that.. for some reason.. I get these from work every x-mas.. 3-4 bottles.. I like the bollingers better.. Maybe I should go try it again.. but thats just me.. everyone else likes it.. 🙁
 
between me, my wife and a another couple we drank 3 1.5 liter bottles of Martini & Rossi Asti last night. they were $28.00 a bottle and very very tasty. Yes i have a hangover right now.
 
as of 12/31/04 i really liked champagne. as of 01/01/05 im offically done drinking champagne for atleast a week or so. btw, just for reference, corks hurt like hell when shot from a shaken henri marchant bottle. id adivse against having champagne battles cause flying corks leave bruises, break glasses, and wreak havok on fancy chandeliers.
 
Originally posted by: Heifetz
How does "real" champagne taste differently from the cheap $9 bruts?
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That's like asking, what's the difference between a $10 prostitute and a $100 prostitute.
 
Originally posted by: forcesho
Originally posted by: Legendary
Champagne Verve Cliqeau - worth every cent.
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I couldnt stand that.. for some reason.. I get these from work every x-mas.. 3-4 bottles.. I like the bollingers better.. Maybe I should go try it again.. but thats just me.. everyone else likes it.. 🙁
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It's Veuve Clicquot ("Widow Clicquot"). 😉

How does "real" champagne taste differently from the cheap $9 bruts?
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I can't really describe other than to say that it just tastes much better (at least to me). The cheap bottles I've had before were nasty, especially some nasty $4 swill a friend's father brought home from a party. The cheap stuff tends to be harsh to me.
 
I'm sure you don't have too much to choose from over in Japan. I tend to stick with small producers as you get much better value and avoid paying for the label.
Last night I had an excellent bottle of Brun & Cie which at $22 was far better than the standard Moet, Veuve etc. which cost about the same or a little more. If you can find a way of getting it shipped to you I recommend D&M liquor in San Francisco for their champagne selection and very helpful staff (http://www.dandm.com/)
 
Champagne is good stuff. Last night me and my buddy both had our own bottles of it. He bought the Moet for 50 or so dollars, and I got some cheap bottle for 10 bucks. Mine was 2x as good as his. The Moet was very dry, and mine was a little sweeter and overall much better. I've never had Cristal or anything, but the cheap stuff is where it's at in my experience.

effowe
 
Originally posted by: thejackal1
Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: Heifetz
How does "real" champagne taste differently from the cheap $9 bruts?
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That's like asking, what's the difference between a $10 prostitute and a $100 prostitute.
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Well what's the difference?
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How sick you are in the morning?
 
Throughout most of the "civilized" world, champagne can only be called champagne if it indeed comes from La Champagne region of France. We rugged individualists here in America refused to sign on, and our reward is Cold Duck and the like. We are rugged individualists here. Just don't let the authorities catch you with that bootleg copy of MS Office, though . . .
 
Originally posted by: Perknose
Throughout most of the "civilized" world, champagne can only be called champagne if it indeed comes from La Champagne region of France. We rugged individualists here in America refused to sign on, and our reward is Cold Duck and the like. We are rugged individualists here. Just don't let the authorities catch you with that bootleg copy of MS Office, though . . .
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It's basically a trademark which the folks in Champagne rigorously enforce. Everyone else can call themselves "sparkling wine", but champagne is specific in the same way that you don't call Oregon pinot noirs "Burgundies" or "Bourgognes". It makes sense when you think about it.

A friend bought a bottle of California "sparkling wine" for me some time ago, and it was very good -- probably in the $20-40 price range (he got it in Napa).
 
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