Originally Posted by
stimpy
If you live in or travel to France or Italy or Australia, yes indeed you can get some very nice Champagnes or sparkling wines at that price. But if you are in the US, that's probably not possible due to shipping, import, middle-men, etc. I personally have never tasted nor reliably heard of a decent US-made sparkling wine.
There are plenty of very good U.S. sparkling wines, although at that price point, I could only really name Piper Sonoma, and for a couple of dollars more, Domain Chandon. Korbel is not bad, but I prefer the ones made by the French houses' U.S. operations for more of a Champagne type style. Somewhat above that price point, in addition to Schramsberg mentioned above, there are also Iron Horse, Gloria Ferrer, Scharffenberger, and my personal favorite, Roederer Estate. Mumm and Taittinger also have operations in Napa, although I think that their products are a tad over-priced relative to the others I just mentioned.