Champagne is a celebratory drink and, as such, it is likely to be a bit more popular around the holidays than it is at other times of the year. In Britain, champagne is more popular than it is anywhere else in the world, with the exception of France, and the number of supermarket-brand champagnes has been climbing steadily. Ordinarily, the phrase "supermarket-brand champagnes" wouldn't exactly inspire confidence if you want to buy a high-quality drink, but it turns out that some of the store brand champagnes rated much higher in a taste test than expensive brands that cost two or three times as much. UK food critic Egon Ronay took part in a blind taste test of 30 bottles at the request of the Press Association, which arranged the trial. He concluded that many different store bubblies stand up very well to the known brands, with the top four being "as good or better than some of the best." Those four include Marks & Spencer Champagne de St Gall Premier Cru Brut (£19.99); Sainsbury's Vintage 1999 Blanc de Blancs Brut, (£17.99); Sainsbury's Blanc de Noirs Brut (£13.99); and Sainsbury's Champagne Rose (£16.29).
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11-10-2006 @ 1:26PM
hemp said...
I hope the prime producer is still the best one... 'cos if the half-chemistic products taste better... than, well, we must say goodbye to true natural drinks (
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