How much should you spend on a bottle of sparkling wine

[JVS]

[greekspeak]

1. Andre...after half a bottle on New Years Eve, it all tastes the same.

Oh crap...was that out loud?

[JVS]

2. Your secret is safe with us, your highness.

[northzax]

3. depends on what you want it for, I guess

I drink a lot of bubbly, day to day stuff is Cava, Prosecco or Cali/New Mexico, sub twenty bucks. a minor milestone leads more towards a nv-chomper, 40-50 bucks. a medium milestone? vintage or rose chompers, 50-75. a real milestone? (like making it to Friday) NV Krug. birthday, christmas, etc? only one option: Clos du Mesnil.

dom makes an interesting mixer, cristal comes in a fancy bottle, but I have to claim guilt as a Krugista.

-northzax who spends several thousand dollars a year on chompers. or did when he still had a job.

[On the Road]

4. At My Wedding Reception I Had the Famous "Jacques Bonet"

which was notorious for being the cheapest bottle of bubbly you could get. At the time (1982) was about $3 a bottle.

We provided our own case of Jacques Bonet to the club hosting the reception. (Did the same thing with red and white wine.) The waiters wrapped the bottles in cloth napkins while pouring, and no one was the wiser. Total champagne cost for 88 people: $36.

[JVS]

5. It appears that the DU Lounge prefers the cheap stuff

Way to go! This way you can get more!

[sasquatch]

9. Well it's the Bush economy, so what do you expect

[Floogeldy]

6. $0.00 on wine.

Unlimited amount on whiskey, however.

[Blue-Jay]

7. Cham-pipple!

[sasquatch]

8. My brother bought a pink champagne that was pretty good for $3

[ahem]

10. If you're going to do it, do it right. Perrier Jouët

[Suich]

11. I just discovered Jacob's Creek, from Australia

It's $8-$10 and is suprisingly good.

:woohoo: I'm out of the 100 club!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[tjwmason]

12. What's the occasion?

Depending on what it's for, anywhere between £7 ($12) and £40 ($75). - I don't know how U.K. and U.S. prices compare though.

[Robeson]

13. Fred Sanford liked Champipple...

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[dr.strangelove]

14. Learn something every day, we DUers likes the cheap vino