Champagne/Sparkling wine

You're really asking whether you should get married or not.....aren't you?

It's all a load of rubbish to be honest.

You get in exactly the same state when you drink the cheap stuff as you get when you drink the dear stuff.
And if they didn't tell you how much they'd paid for it you wouldn't know it apart.

its all a slick marketing trick this lark

Bolly a bit outside the £20/25 range at £37 a bottle in Morrisons at the moment? (normally sell it at£45)
Not being funny, but Lidl sell a decent champagne (Comte de Senneval) at £9.99, as good as many top brands imo.

ps, Knocks spots off Moet.

you,ll always be blinded by the price get someone else to buy them take the labels off before you taste then

I have tried a couple of bottles of that cheap sh!t  ----- as my fav is bolly

but I have to admit  it is ok

and when you have had a bottle or two  it no longer matters

lets be honest

Cheapskate that I am, and fond of the old bubbly, but not at top brand prices, I've tried all the supermarket brands, The M&S,
Waitrose, Sainsburys etc. etc., been through all the Proseccos, Cavas, anything else with bubbles, and can honestly say the one I mentioned from Lidls' is the best for me.

Agreed Moisok, Bolly takes some beating.
Was passing Claridges a couple of weeks ago, House champagne is £5000 a bottle!!!

it depends on how good the season has been

if it has been good and sunny

once the top houses have their scoop the rest is sold to the supermarkets

so you are getting NEARLY the s

cant remember the exact year but I remember sainsburys vintage  think it might have been 1980/1#
12 quid a bottle

blind taste put it second to Krug

just saying

nearly the same

nearly the same

Tesco's finest rose Champagne is half decent imho.

I've had Tesco own brand in the past & wasn't impressed. I've had the Lidl bottle in the past, but can't remember what it tasted like. Don't want to appear a cheapskate mind. I see Majestic have Bolly on offer at £35 if you buy 6, might give it a try.

This time next year Rodney

Louis Roederer

but how much of my winnings on palace should I spend on this stuff?

push the boat out

Just ordered 6 bottles of champers from Majestic inc Bollinger, Tattinger & Laurent-Perrier & 6 random bottles of Prosecco, for just over £200, which I didn't think was bad. Brother's birthday tomorrow, who is also the best man. Not sure he appreciates champagne, but we'll crack on & give it a go

johnizere - "Was passing Claridges a couple of weeks ago, House champagne is £5000 a bottle!!!"

No it's not, it's £96.

nb - posted on the other thread.   English Sparkling would be nice at an English summer wedding!!

I stand corrected, blackbarn.
Mistook it for other champagnes they advertise.

Salon 1971 £5800.00
That's the one I recall... a magnum though, bargain!

Shall we share one.   Salon Champagne is legendary.  Blanc de blanc (100% Chardonnay grapes).  You're paying for top quality PLUS nearly 50 years of ageing PLUS being a magnum. All in all rare as hens teeth.   

Still bloody expensive mind

Tesco doing buy 6 get 25% off.

Been trying a few bottles lately as getting married in the summer & trying to find something I, my bride & guests would be happy to drink. Got to say, underwhelmed with so much of it - too dry & nasty.

That's your problem -- champagne is supposed to be dry. You only need a glass for toasts, then you can go back to whatever you like. Just accept you don't like it and buy enough for your guests imo.

I never said I didn't like it but a lot of it is underwhelming and demi secs do exist so I can't be the only one who finds brut too dry - sometimes.

Pignoletto is the new Prosecco


be ahead of the game. ...

Stick some Blue Nun in a soda stream

Is Lambrusco the new anything?

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http://waitrose.pressarea.com/pressrelease/details/78/PRODUCT%20NEWS_12/7893

and can honestly say the one I mentioned from Lidls' is the best for me.



Sorted imo.

a '79  beaujolais nouveau will go down well

I've been a sparkling wine/champagne drinker for many a year and have drank many (and much!).

I can say, without doubt, my favourite champagne by a million miles is one of the least expensive you can buy: Andre Carpentier.

McCoy Carp, you've mentioned many you've tried are too dry and nasty.
That's the trouble with many champagnes, no matter how much they cost or the 'snob value' surrounding them.

Andre Carpentier is very fruity, light and wonderful on the palate - and I'd bet would be suitable for every single one of your guests - whether champagne drinkers or not.

It's just the most delightful wine going.

Currently on offer at Tesco (until 24th of April) at 25% off if you buy 6 bottles or more - at the unbelievably, brilliant price of 9 QUID A BOTTLE!

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=254233617

Cheers Tommy. Currently sitting here with my brother on his birthday, with my fiancee, watching racing and we've opened the Bollinger from Majestic, before we go out for a bit of grub. Got to admit, 1st taste expected more, but getting better as I drink it. Never worth the money mind and not better than Pipers which was £20 a bottle imho. Having said that, my brother, who is not a champagne aficionado likes it and says it's the best one he's tried! Funny really, I see wine as an affordable luxury, hard to find a bad bottle these days, and yet champagne, with what it cost must be the most overrated thing ever - next to Shakespeare. Someone earlier mentioned Tesco's 25% off deal and I myself have taken advantage of this before, especially on Blossom Hill White Zinzandel, which my fiancee loves and I enjoy. Maybe we should be go down that route and have some Asti?
I'm going to take advantage of the Tesco offer, buy 6 and include a bottle of what you've suggested. Thanks.

You're very welcome, McCoy.
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While you're at it, try a bog standard 'Tesco's own Cava' at a fiver a bottle.

It's my slugging wine of choice - and with the 25% of at the moment, a bargain at £3.75 a bottle.

- and it would be much better than an Asti for your wedding!

Can't believe the Andre Carpentier is only working out at £9 a bottle though - that truly is brilliant value for such excellent champagne.

*off

Of all the big names i dislike moet the most, but the demi sec moet was really nice, seems impossible to get in the supermarkets any reason why.

I've always liked a bit of champers as a turbo charge to my beer drinking. One day I was at the BOOZATORIUM and decided to conduct an experiment. I bought a bottle of Great Western Brut sparkling for $7 and a bottle of Moet for $60. I honestly could not tell that the Moet was nearly 10 times better. No way. The difference was marginal. Certainly not paying an extra 50 bucks for. Never again. I'll stick with the cheap stuff.

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Of all the big names i dislike moet the most, but the demi sec moet was really nice, seems impossible to get in the supermarkets any reason why.

Probably because the French keep if for themselves. I've always though Sangria was invented to get rid of all the bad Spanish wine on us unsuspecting Brits. I like like a drop of Sangria as it happen

Update. Had a bottle of this last night: Oeil de Perdrix Rosé NV Champagne. Excellent, really enjoyed it. On the shortlist.

https://www.majestic.co.uk/Oeil-de-Perdrix-Rose-zid22218;pgid=PafUjVKVFAFSRpgSDj4KPYRX0000VYAkQYf5;sid=HTHTI3gEQl3CIyD007ncIUgOhdUVtuDg26RLx76R?tracking=|searchterm:

Sainsburys Rose Cava.£5.75.Thank me later.

Not for your big occasion but Aldi's Cremant du Jura is terrific value @ £7.25 a bottle

Pffffft 7 POUNDS is a stratospheric price for a bit of sparkling. 7 bucks is more like it.

Update: Just drinking a bottle of this with my fiancee: https://www.sundaytimeswineclub.co.uk/product/McPherson's-The-Full-Fifteen-Sparkling-Red-NV/50893

Something different and a revelation - easily the best sparkler me and my fiancee have tried. unbelievably moreish. Trouble is it's 14%. Not sure I'd be standing before the day is over.

Update, less than a week to go & here's what I decided on:
24 bottles each of: Piper-Heidsieck Brut and Oeil de Perdrix Rosé NV
plus, for people who prefer something sweeter (and not so strong) 12 bottles of this: Hacienda de Lluna Moscatel Rosado 2015 https://www.sundaytimeswineclub.co.uk/product/Hacienda-de-Lluna-Moscatel-Rosado-2015/50936

Cheers!