Consolidated "Champagne - Questions/Suggestions/Recommendations" thread
Sep 11, 2012 | 8:43 pm
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Sir that is what I call style
Sep 12, 2012 | 10:17 pm
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Till
Sep 13, 2012 | 7:06 pm
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1st of all, I think I'd rather have an NV Krug Grande Cuvee straight up over the Dom at half the price. Vintage Champagne from the major houses is rarely worth the $$. From some of the little producers it can be a bargain. Last great vintage was 04. I'd rather splurge on the caviar, lox, foie gras, mussels, smoked trout, oysters and buy 2 NV bottles of Bolly, Charles Heidseck Nicholas Feuillete or Pol Roget.
Otherwise, I personally don't enjoy caviar with champagne (a very dry, mineral white has always been my preference). I'd go for toast points and foie gras, or perhaps jambon/proscuitto and melon. I know plenty of people that enjoy scottish salmon with capers and lemon with good champagne as well.
To confess a sly secret, I've had a bottle of Dom 1993 with chicken parm before--one of the best meals of my life.
Sep 14, 2012 | 11:54 pm
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My response to the OP's question is, with about five to seven other people. I like Champagne -- especially as an apertif, but also with certain foods that other posters have mentioned -- but my enjoyment is subject to diminishing returns, more so than with most other beverages. One glass is generally enough.
Sep 23, 2012 | 1:28 pm
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One of the best meals of my life was when my fiance (now my husband) took me in a carriage to Central Park, where we had a picnic of caviar, blini, and smoked salmon all packed up by Petrossian in New York. We had a bottle of Krug (absolutely my favorite champagne, although I'll be happy to drink any nice champagne you give me!) and listened to the street musicians play. It was sublime. I highly recommend a caviar splurge to have with a great bottle of champagne!
Sep 24, 2012 | 11:20 am
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Oct 2, 2012 | 2:39 pm
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To further my last thread.
Im really not a fan of mixing a premium beverage with a low end product like a trader joes dollar a pound strawberries. Stick to other high end accompaniments... And unless in a penthouse suite, drink out of fluted crystal.
Im really not a fan of mixing a premium beverage with a low end product like a trader joes dollar a pound strawberries. Stick to other high end accompaniments... And unless in a penthouse suite, drink out of fluted crystal.
Oct 3, 2012 | 2:20 pm
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for french champagne about as good as it gets, and less than half the price of the heavy promoted stuff, find some thierry thiese wines. this is his catalogue;
http://www.skurnikwines.com/msw/theise_catalogs.html
pierre peters and Chartogne-Taillet are really fine wines. a bit hard to find. close to being in a league with DOM and KRUG.
Oct 3, 2012 | 4:46 pm
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slightly OT, but does anyone know what the pink (rose) champagne that is served in the LH FCT/FCL? My wife and I enjoyed it immensely, but forgot to write down the brand. If you know, any insight into the cost would be appreciated.
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