Originally Posted by
slawecki
so, champagne is wine??? so what. op says he no like champagne.
op says wedding party for couple married 50 years. i presume they and the majority of the party in their 70's. most people in their 70's do not slug down half a bottle of wine.
the only 62 (if that is the correct year) champagne i can think of is RD. huge bucks. for 1962, almost has to be red and european, and expensive and not appreciated by most.
OP said he prefers wine to Champagne. I was correcting that.
The couple may be 70, but the celebrating party most certainly are not all of that age. Its better to have too much wine than too little.
Finally this concept of matching the vintage to the year of event is tacky. Better to spend the money on a nice more recent wine.