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  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    JonnyBravo wrote: »
    :T

    Or some Veuve for £36, quid cheaper than LP to buy some crisps :)

    Very nice too. Not my favourite at the price but a very decent drop nonetheless.
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
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    edited 24 August 2012 at 11:15PM
    Still think you get better value from the smaller producers, rather than paying for the name with most of the above.

    Try Gaston Chiquet, Cattier, or JL Vergnon.

    All under £30 a bottle, and all superior to Moet, etc.

    http://www.bbr.com/list?search_id_F=500&custom_sort_order_F=Y&price_bracket_F=4&product_type_F=W&search_price_mode_F=RI&search_price_unit_F=B

    Although it helps if you can find them from a cheaper source than Berry Bros and Rudd.... ;)
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  • thistledome
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    LOL at all the fizzy wine buffs.

    Give me a mug of tea any day over that over-priced foreign wee.
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  • shortchanged_2
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    chewmylegoff wrote: »
    champagne is all disgusting and the drink of the true upper classes is weak lager.

    True, true. It all ends up in the same place (down the pan, or in the hedge) anyway.
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  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
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    chewmylegoff wrote: »
    champagne is all disgusting

    Heretic.

    Burn the witch!
    and the drink of the true upper classes is weak lager.

    Only because the "uppest" of our "upper classes" are of mainly German origin....;)
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  • Loughton_Monkey
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    Mrs LM likes nothing more than a glass (or more) of Champers, with Raspberries, in the pool on a hot day.

    We have plenty of Champers and Raspberries, but sadly no hot weather currently.
  • zagubov
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    edited 24 August 2012 at 11:10PM
    JonnyBravo wrote: »
    :T

    Or some Veuve for £36, quid cheaper than LP to buy some crisps :)

    In my student days, I owned a gadget called a soda-stream which could carbonate drinks. I also made wine in five-gallon drums. Shared a flat with some blokes on the dole who had time to kill all day long.

    The level of wine went down amazingly quickly day by day as did the gas charge on my soda-stream. My wine wasn't up to much so I never expected anyone to help themselves. Eventually realised making my wine fizzy was one of the few ways they had of making my wine drinkable. :eek::eek:

    Haven't regarded fizzy drinks as being classy ever since!
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  • PasturesNew
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    Could I still get any Asti Spumante if I went looking for it? Had some donkeys years ago and loved it.
  • StevieJ
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    Generali wrote: »
    Maybe, Moet is IMHO the most overpriced of the Champagnes: a bargain basement product at mid-market prices. Getting the posh stuff slightly wrong is pretty chavvy I reckon.

    A bottle of Laurent Perrier or Pol Roger (Churchill's favourite) is a far better drink and is much the same price (£37 for LP, £38 for PR vs £32 for the M&C according to Sainsburys & Oddbins websites).

    I blame it on Freddie Mercury :)
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  • Generali
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Could I still get any Asti Spumante if I went looking for it? Had some donkeys years ago and loved it.

    Shouldn't be a problem. If that's your thing, look out for a bottle of Seaview Brut. Very similar, a decent wine at the price. Yummy with fish, including fish and chips as long as you don't overdo the vinegar.
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