Champagne?

Question

Looking for a good champagne for my friend's birthday two weeks from now, any suggestions?

Answer 1

is it one bottle as a gift or are you choosing champagne for everyone to toast your friend?

one bottle - a magnum of Krug non-vintage. Comes in a nice box and costs about 100 pounds (180 US)

for a toast-

who will be drinking the champagne? If it is all seasoned wine drinkers then get dry brut. If there are people whose summit of alcohol experience is a small sherry on Christmas morning, then get medium demi-sec, perhaps a pink champagne or Asti. Also, if people have just finished their meal, the bubbly drink is symbolic, most won't taste much after all that food.

Best English champagne is Nyetimber, around 25 pounds a bottle. Get from Berry Brothers & Rudd, Basingstoke or St James's Street in London.

Answer 2

Dom Perignon was a monk who invented Champagne by fermenting Chardonnay and making it effervescent or carbonated. It is a little over rated because of this. Cristal Champagne is the wine of the Hollywood and jet-set and is really not worth the price. Vintage is very important when buying wine and this is true with Champagne as well. A great vintage is 1990, followed by 1996 and 1985. A very good Champagne is Pol Roger, not too expensive unless you get the very best they make, the cuvee Sir Winston Churchill (named after him as it was his favorite!). Also try Veuve Clicquot or James Bond 007's champagne, Bollinger R.D. which stands for Recently Disgorged. A couple of other great ones are Salon Le Mesnil or Salmon Billecart, all about $100-$150 bottle. A Bientot!

Answer 3

Asti-Spumante. It's really considered a sparkling wine, but it is also considered a champagne. It's not too sweet and it's not too tart. Goes with everything or alone and most everyone I've ever talked to loves the stuff. Get the big bottle....it's only $19.00.

Answer 4

Find something within your budget. There are some really good ones out there in the $25 range (some great ones at $40 & above)

Most of the major manufacturers have several selections (one in each price range).

Domaine Chandon & Mumm makes some fine wines.

Answer 5

My favorite is Veuve Cliquot!
Pale straw, with a lasting fountain of pinpoint bubbles. Appetizing "apple jelly on buttered toast" aromas lead into a full, rich Champagne with a creamy mouthfeel, subtle and delicate. Fine wine and certainly capable of several years' aging.
Around $45

Answer 6

If you want good champagne for a reasonable price. Get moet. The dark bottle is the sweet one. It costs around $50. They sell it at any liquor store. I bought that for my friend's girlfriend's college graduation party.

Answer 7

I think Dom Perignon is way over rated and over priced. I have drunk a lot of it and believe me I'm not alone in this opinion. Cristial is good but pricey. We don't know what your budget is. A good medium priced one is Moet White Star and of course, Mumms is a classic old standby in this country. You can get it both imported and not so the price is probably right.

Answer 8

OMG! I'm serious here. Skip the Dom, and get Mumms. It's my favorite ever! I have 30 bottles in the house! If you can't find Mumms, get Moet et Chandon White Star. Or Schramsberg.

I love my sparklers..

Answer 9

I can't remember the full name, it's great and runs about $40, Vive or Vious something. It's very good.

Answer 10

Dom Perion or Cristial