Champagne ?

[jackal]

anyone like it ?

I don't .. yet I have a 1995 bottle of Cristal sitting here which i found in the garage and don't want

shall we start the bidding at 99 quid ? i'll pay the postage

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

£99? just pay me £50 & I'll take it

[mark69sheer]

Had Cristal before , didn't rate it too much above Vueve Cliquot. Cost me £300 in a fancy restaurant though.

[Cara Van Man]

£35 and a weekend away in my caravan.

[The_Doc]

mark69sheer said:

Had Cristal before , didn't rate it too much above Vueve Cliquot. Cost me £300 in a fancy restaurant though.

gets my vote for best sneaky brag post of the day

Edited by The_Doc on Friday 7th November 18:51

[singlecoil]

Bottle of Cristal, right, you need two cans of Guinness, that wll sort it out

[Alfa_75_Steve]

<rummages down back of sofa>

43p and half a pack of polos.

My final offer.

Cutting me own froat.

[Dupont666]

I will have it at £99, but you might want to look at:

http://www.wine-searcher.com/wine-select.lml

and put it in there to see the prices.

[mark69sheer]

The_Doc said:

mark69sheer said:

Had Cristal before , didn't rate it too much above Vueve Cliquot. Cost me £300 in a fancy restaurant though.

gets my vote for best sneaky brag post of the day

Edited by The_Doc on Friday 7th November 18:51

I'm a Becks man myself.. its the wife who's an alcohol snob.
Nice Bottle though Cristal, swish gold affair.

[jackal]

Dupont666 said:

I will have it at £99, but you might want to look at:

http://www.wine-searcher.com/wine-select.lml

and put it in there to see the prices.

shall we end the bidding early and call it 199 then

[mitzy]

Had most of them and have to say I dont rate it at all.

Far nicer cheaper makes that knock the spots off it.

[grumbledoak]

Love the stuff! But I don't rate Cristal as much above Veuve as much as the price tag would suggest.

Just drink it, you great poof. Very hard to not be a happy drunk on that sort of stuff, and it is Friday night.

[mark69sheer]

Champagne always suffers from its own success.
If the vineyard or house become fashionable (as Cristal did) then the vineyard has to overproduce leading to younger and younger grapes being used to fill the demand. The 'edge' is lost and its becomes average again.
Veuve Cliquot has always served me well. Their vineyards are big enough not to have to rush the process. Still virtually the same year on year although can be susceptible to corking.

[jackal]

grumbledoak said:

Love the stuff! But I don't rate Cristal as much above Veuve as much as the price tag would suggest.

Just drink it, you great poof. Very hard to not be a happy drunk on that sort of stuff, and it is Friday night.

yeah.. i was contemplating that

but i have 30 bottles of Chimay blue in the utility room and would sooner sink 750ml of that !

Edited by jackal on Friday 7th November 19:03

[Dupont666]

jackal said:

Dupont666 said:

I will have it at £99, but you might want to look at:

http://www.wine-searcher.com/wine-select.lml

and put it in there to see the prices.

shall we end the bidding early and call it 199 then

Second thoughts, Veuve all the way for me as thats my alcohol of choice.

[elster]

Would rather buy non vintage Louis Roederer and save the money.

Do quite like Laurent perrier and Krug.

[Plotloss]

If it hasnt been kept properly it will be worthless.

[mark69sheer]

1st Veuve General quality accross the board
2nd Piper Heidseck . . PRICE!!..
3rd Pierre Jouet Belle Epoch . . er nice bottle.. nice drink slightly pricey

Mercier , Moet , etc never really rated.

[GKP]

Purely as a taste/price ratio you'd be hard pressed to better Tesco's own champagne. As a chuck it down your throat experience, it's a goodie.
Agree with the Veuve comments, although I quite like a drop of Pol Roger too.

[NoelWatson]

mark69sheer said:

1st Veuve General quality accross the board
2nd Piper Heidseck . . PRICE!!..
3rd Pierre Jouet Belle Epoch . . er nice bottle.. nice drink slightly pricey

Mercier , Moet , etc never really rated.

Why not go for a brand that is not well known but is better?