I've been trying some really nice Argentinean champagnes lately, like the Baron B y suggested before and Extreme. Argentinean champagne is something completely new for me but I’m greatly surprised… very much surprised… I stopped buying cava and now I ordered a container of Argentinean champagne to do some research
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Originally posted by puffingaway: I liked the Vivue Cliquot sp? that dre recommended in the brut. But there were a few who poo pooed it. I liked it and thought it was fresh, dry, clean, good.
drink what you like, and enjoy it. i love cliquot.... try roederer..... very nice.
Originally posted by swishersweet123: Anyone have any insights into Nicolas Feuillette champagne? It's relatively inexpensive here and I remember it being good the last time I had it (a while ago).
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NF is a good, relatively light $20 Champagne. Would not spend more that $22 for it. VC is a good, full bodied Champagne. At $30+, its expensive, IMO. You can find it at times for $25-28. Louis Roderer at same price is better, also full bodied. Pol Roger is a medium bodied STEAL at $25. Their vintage Rose is also damn good, but $60. Laurent Perrier Rose NV at $50 is very nice.
where is that? in nyc roederer is 40 to 50 bucks!!!! but it is a great champagne.
Nicolas Feuillatte NV on sale on local store...$23.99, I'll take that please! best time of year to buy affordable champ/spark. seems the $35-$50 range always has a couple big sales.
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Originally posted by nixdad: Try a Moscato d'Asti. Clean, crisp, moderately sweet, great with dessert and affordable.
careful with this one. Most muscato d'asti is cheep jug wine in sparkling wine form. Martini Asti Spumante comes to mind, Its quite sweet. Some of the smaller italian producers make fantastic stuff in half or qurater bottle sizes.
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ya, look for one called "Nivole" it comes in half bottles or 250mL bottles (cant remember exactly). The stuff is fantastic, costs about $20 a bottle up here so maybe half that where you are. Check it out if you can.
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Not been in for a while but here's my two pennyworth anyway...
Not sure if it's available over there but Paul Goerg Blan de Blanc (made only with the chardonnay varietal) is the mutts gonads of champagnes, and only about 16 quid over here when you buy half a case... Very dry and appley, bit like a light wine version of appletise...
Oh and a note on the opening of the bottle, technically you should turn the bottle not the cork to avoid fizzing over, don't ask me why but it's what 'they' say...
And if yr into Aussie stuff give Hardys Crest Chardonnay Pinto Noir fizzy a go, very much a crowd pleaser.
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Posts: 113 | Location: UK | Registered: June 20, 2003
That champagne is made for the european market. Most champagne we can get over here is made for the american market and not quite so dry. Americans/canadians prefere a slightly sweeter brut compared to the UK. The reason you twist the bottle not the cork is so that you dont rip the cork on an older bottle. Also can be good for keeping small fragments of cork out of the wine.
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I learned something. The French Brut Champagne sold in London UK is drier than the French Brut Champagne sold in New York City, NY, USA.
I wonder what kind of French Brut Champagne is sold in Montreal where I usually see Brut and rarely see Extra Dry? Now the question is "Is the French Brut in Montreal like the French Brut for Brits or is it like the French Brut for Yanks?"
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Originally posted by QM: I learned something. The French Brut Champagne sold in London UK is drier than the French Brut Champagne sold in New York City, NY, USA.
I wonder what kind of French Brut Champagne is sold in Montreal where I usually see Brut and rarely see Extra Dry? Now the question is "Is the French Brut in Montreal like the French Brut for Brits or is it like the French Brut for Yanks?"
Never been to quebec but im sure its the same as american style. What im saying isnt that some brands make 2 different styles and label it the same. They make different wines all together for the different market.
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I have never heard that the Brut is sweeter in North America than Europe. Can't find any mention of it in any of my wine books...dre, can you verify that? Seems odd and expensive for these Champagne houses to blend two different wines. Also, the whole idea of non-vintage Champagne is consistency for the "house style". Two different Bruts would contradict that, when you could have Brut, Extra-dry, Demi-Sec, etc to market. I'm not saying you are wrong, but this is the first I've heard this.
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Im not saying that if you buy a bottle of champagne in london and in NY they are going to be different. Im saying that the UK market prefers a dryer style and therfore champagne makes dryer style wines for their market. not all the wines will be extra dry.
let me see what i can find for ya O_man
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