Favorite Champagne

Re:Favorite Champagne (Poverty Pete)

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:07:08 GMT

Chances are you cannot. Most amateurs could tell the difference. Anybody associated with the industry could tell in an instant.

Re:Favorite Champagne (Michael Hoffman)

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:46:45 GMT

There just happens to be a bottle of prosecco next to the Domaine Chandon in our refrigerator right now.

Re:Favorite Champagne (hatteras04)

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:13:54 GMT

My wife is more of a prosecco fan than champagne and our go to bottle is Lamarca which you can usually find at Kroger for around $15.

Re:Favorite Champagne (Treetop Tom)

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:10:18 GMT

Our house bubbly is the Roderer Estate NV Brut from California (a bargain on sale at $15/bottle). While I no longer imbibe, my wife and kids prefer Dom Perignon for a special occasion champagne (a not-so-much bargain). I've often been tempted to see if I could pass off a Mumm or Dom Ste Michelle as DP to confirm my "label snob" suspicions, but have so far resisted the urge since it's (generally) a once-a-year kind of purchase.

Re:Favorite Champagne (amberdorsch123)

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 02:10:15 GMT

Sorry I haven't use Champagne and i never want to do that so i don't know about Champagne

Re:Favorite Champagne (plb)

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:34:35 GMT

I saw the first posting on this forum topic the other evening just before going out to eat dinner, then forgot about it. Then when trying to decide what to drink with dessert I looked at the wine list and there it was close to the top, Veuve Clicquot. So there is a glass along with the cheery-apple pie at El Chorro Lodge in Phoenix.

Re:Favorite Champagne (CCinNJ)

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:52:10 GMT

Great frothy madness!

I can smell the beer...just looking at that!

Re:Favorite Champagne (pineyhill)

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 06:44:07 GMT

Miller High Life
The Champagne of beer

Re:Favorite Champagne (ScreamingChicken)

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:26:22 GMT

Mogen David and club soda.

Re:Favorite Champagne (wheregreggeats.com)

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:15:32 GMT

MUMM Brut

Re:Favorite Champagne (CCinNJ)

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:00:15 GMT

There should be a big sugar cube on the bottom of every glass of Asti Spumante!

Re:Favorite Champagne (Poverty Pete)

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:28:35 GMT

Was it on the sweet side? It sounds like Asti Spumante. THere may have been sugar crystals around the neck when you opened the bottle.

Re:Favorite Champagne (FriedClamFanatic)

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 13:44:26 GMT

I seldom have champagne all by itself except at Weddings. I have to admit using the cheap stuff to which I will make Mimosas or my own Cranberry, Champagne, Triple sec cocktail...with frozen Cranberries

Having said that, we had stayed north of Sienna Italy a number of years ago at a winery, part of which had been converted to a luxury hotel. It was really neat......the old manor house was turned into the restaurant/lounging area..they had about 20 of the "worker houses".. made out of stone.. out back. They took about 1/3 to convert to nice hotel rooms, but left the rest for the estate workers. You'd come out for dinner to find kids running around and folks out playing cards and drinking

That said....they made, of course, gallons upon gallons of Chianti..but they also made some excellent white wines. One night I had a glass...........ok...3..(we walked).....of their champagne...........FANTASTIC. I bought 2 bottles to take back to our (then) home in the UK. Although I tried for a while to find it anywhere else, it was for nought, and now alas, I have even forgotten the name of the winery

So......ante up some "Christmas Bonus" and I"ll fly back to Sienna and see if I can find the place again

Re:Favorite Champagne (Michael Hoffman)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:04:57 GMT

lleechef

Actually I prefer the Roederer Cristal Brut Rose` which is over $500 a bottle.

That's more like it.

Re:Favorite Champagne (CCinNJ)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:46:36 GMT

He wore a fur coat here. I was mortified walking around with a leather jacket.

Re:Favorite Champagne (Michael Hoffman)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:39:58 GMT

plb

Poverty Pete

I'll have to look for Gruet, never heard of it before. My favorites are Bollinger and Ruinart.

How can someone named Poverty Pete drink Ruinart?

He has a rich cat.

Re:Favorite Champagne (plb)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:26:23 GMT

Poverty Pete

I'll have to look for Gruet, never heard of it before. My favorites are Bollinger and Ruinart.

How can someone named Poverty Pete drink Ruinart?

Re:Favorite Champagne (lleechef)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:16:26 GMT

Actually I prefer the Roederer Cristal Brut Rose` which is over $500 a bottle.

Re:Favorite Champagne (Michael Hoffman)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:07:59 GMT

$209.99? Are you nuts?

Re:Favorite Champagne (lleechef)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:05:24 GMT

Louis Roederer Cristal Brut

Re:Favorite Champagne (CCinNJ)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:43:26 GMT

Careful what you wish for...I'm heading there from the OVMS Show of Shows..

Re:Favorite Champagne (Poverty Pete)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:30:02 GMT

Yer not going to impress me with Asti Spumante, baby. Bring the heavy artillery!

Re:Favorite Champagne (CCinNJ)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:52:52 GMT

Please do. More of a take for me... when I pair the perfect courses to the horses.

Not for nothin' but I can bring a bottle of Martini & Rossi Asti Spumante and still charm the judges votes.

Re:Favorite Champagne (Poverty Pete)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:45:47 GMT

Amouse bouche battle ..... bet on moi!

Re:Favorite Champagne (CCinNJ)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:41:05 GMT

What do I have in Memphis? Me?

Right now just an Uncle with corruption sauce for chicken....and maybe a few Italian friends with some goods. I'll put something together.

Re:Favorite Champagne (Poverty Pete)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:15:33 GMT

I know a sushi chef in Memphis who specializes in iku sushi, A stuffed squid with oriental vegetables, no rice. What else you got?!

Re:Favorite Champagne (CCinNJ)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:24:27 GMT

An Amuse Bouche Battle.

Re:Favorite Champagne (Poverty Pete)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:21:09 GMT

Moet & Chandon over Bollinger? We'll have a taste-off in Memphis!
Pick your crudite!

Re:Favorite Champagne (CCinNJ)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:04:58 GMT

Moët & Chandon Nectar Imperial.

Re:Favorite Champagne (kland01s)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:18:18 GMT

scrumptiouschef

It's not genuine but Gruet, out of New Mexico, makes a fine bottle of bubbles http://www.gruetwinery.com/

Wow! I love this! I have friends in Santa Fe that introduced me to this and I actually found a bottle here during a wine sale.