Champagne

[DimPrawn]

Come on people.

Buy British!

Chapel Down NV Reserve Brut Kent, England, Sparkling Wine - Waitrose Wines

Don't let the Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys get your hard earned when English sparkling wines from the SE are far superior.

In the press: “Multi-award-winning, made in Kent by the méthode champenoise and full of bright, green-fruit flavours, it is a fabulous example of the remarkable sparkling wines being made in England.”
Terry Kirby, The Independent on Sunday, 16 October 2011

“…this is a sophisticated wine that should not be confused with cava or prosecco and holds its own against comparably priced champagnes, with bright, herbal, lemony, biscuit-y flavours.”
Terry Kirby, The Independent on Sunday, 17 April 2011

“…reassuringly good. Bright and fruity, it has a rounded flavour with no rough edges.”
Jamie Goode, Sunday Express, 19 September 2010

"...my favourite Kentish sparkler, one of the best to be made in this green and pleasant land."
Johnathan Ray, Daily Telegraph, 29 April 2010

[DimPrawn]

[norrahe]

Good cava may be better than cheap champers, but cheap prosecco is better than good cava, so go even better with a £10 bottle of prosecco.

WMTTS

Though the Veuve that wifey suggested is a rather nice tipple.

Check out some of the offers in Morrisons this time of year, you can get some good deals on bottles of nicolas feuillatte, they always seem to do the best deals on champers.

Do not be tempted by the lesser known brands in deals, go for a known label as you know you'll get quality.

Or as Dim suggested go British, I'd recommend Nyetimber over chapel down or if you want a good upmarket sparkling from NZ, try Cloudy Bay's Pelorous.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

WMTTS

+1
Cava, Proseco - Aussie and (esp) Kiwi sparkling -or

Supermarket Wine: Sparkling Saumur Brut Ackermann Laurance

This isn't just a random Google - visited the place once and brought a stack back - it consistently out-performs the lower and medium range champagnes at tastings and awards, but cannot of course be called Champagne.

[cojak]

Good cava may be better than cheap champers, but cheap prosecco is better than good cava, so go even better with a £10 bottle of prosecco.

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[Ruprect]

Come on people.

Buy British!

Chapel Down NV Reserve Brut Kent, England, Sparkling Wine - Waitrose Wines

Don't let the Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys get your hard earned when English sparkling wines from the SE are far superior.

In the press: “Multi-award-winning, made in Kent by the méthode champenoise and full of bright, green-fruit flavours, it is a fabulous example of the remarkable sparkling wines being made in England.”
Terry Kirby, The Independent on Sunday, 16 October 2011

“…this is a sophisticated wine that should not be confused with cava or prosecco and holds its own against comparably priced champagnes, with bright, herbal, lemony, biscuit-y flavours.”
Terry Kirby, The Independent on Sunday, 17 April 2011

“…reassuringly good. Bright and fruity, it has a rounded flavour with no rough edges.”
Jamie Goode, Sunday Express, 19 September 2010

"...my favourite Kentish sparkler, one of the best to be made in this green and pleasant land."
Johnathan Ray, Daily Telegraph, 29 April 2010

+1, plus it's a big talking point about how "you wouldn't tell the difference"

[EternalOptimist]

it's all pretentious bolks.
If the guests are bladdered, give them fluted glasses full of white lighning cider

if any of them spot the differenec, I will show my bum out of the front window

[Ruprect]

it's all pretentious bolks.
If the guests are bladdered, give them fluted glasses full of white lighning cider

if any of them spot the differenec, I will show my bum out of the front window

Your front bum?

[AtW]

It's a year of austerity so I'll be drinking sparkling water.

[Old Greg]

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