cheapest places to get champagne for wedding
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I always used to pop over to France for booze for any large parties. Not sure how good a deal it is these days what with the collapsed exchange rate.
Take a look at other French sparkling wines too, though. They are as good as, and in some cases better than many champagnes, but are much less costly due to not carrying the 'Champagne' moniker. Just ensure that they are labelled 'Brut'; there are several nice ones from Alsace.
Take a look at other French sparkling wines too, though. They are as good as, and in some cases better than many champagnes, but are much less costly due to not carrying the 'Champagne' moniker. Just ensure that they are labelled 'Brut'; there are several nice ones from Alsace.
Plotloss said:
Mate sent his brother in a rental transit to France.
How's your brother's calendar looking?
Probably not worth it at the moment. Vueve, Moet and Mumm are between EUR 25-30 a bottle over there, which at Winky's screwed fx rate isn't much of a saving from buying it in the UK How's your brother's calendar looking?
elster said:
Ferry down to Spain and buy a ton of Cava instead of France. Should save you Substantially more.
If you're going to drink that rubbish (IMO, naturally 
) you'd probably get the best deal at Asda!Though your idea did prompt me to recall that Aldi have a reasonable Prosecco for next to nothing.
Zen. said:
If you are paying corkage, then you want to buy either Jeroboam or Rehoboam size bottle, I'd buy direct from the Champagne house.
I'm in a slightly delicate position witht he venue so dont want to try to come across as trying to be clever BUT..do you reckon they'd rate corkage on a magnum as 1 bottle or 2 ?CraigW said:
Zen. said:
If you are paying corkage, then you want to buy either Jeroboam or Rehoboam size bottle, I'd buy direct from the Champagne house.
I'm in a slightly delicate position witht he venue so dont want to try to come across as trying to be clever BUT..do you reckon they'd rate corkage on a magnum as 1 bottle or 2 ?Zen. said:
CraigW said:
Zen. said:
If you are paying corkage, then you want to buy either Jeroboam or Rehoboam size bottle, I'd buy direct from the Champagne house.
I'm in a slightly delicate position witht he venue so dont want to try to come across as trying to be clever BUT..do you reckon they'd rate corkage on a magnum as 1 bottle or 2 ?
ZenMust admit I'm not exactly up on prices for a JB or RB, but when I have seen them for sale they've seemed exponentially expensive in comparison with the discounts available when buyinf cases of the usual sized bottles.
Good point about the venue buying in your choice - assume you've asked Craig?
At my (failed) wedding my father went to France and bought from a reseller. It was an independent label, and cost about £7 a bottle. It is still to this day, one of the best Champaign's I have drunk and I know my fizz. As a guide, Verve spend about %80 on marketing %20 on the wine. Good independents will have a ratio much closer to the reverse of that.
Speak to the Sampler in Islington they should help you locate a good bubbly, designer or independent. They occasionally have one call "Ferrari", which is actually bloody good, costs £25 a bottle and was voted top at one of the wine tastings they do. Bottle looks tacky though.
Speak to the Sampler in Islington they should help you locate a good bubbly, designer or independent. They occasionally have one call "Ferrari", which is actually bloody good, costs £25 a bottle and was voted top at one of the wine tastings they do. Bottle looks tacky though.
Podie said:
ZenMust admit I'm not exactly up on prices for a JB or RB, but when I have seen them for sale they've seemed exponentially expensive in comparison with the discounts available when buyinf cases of the usual sized bottles.
Good point about the venue buying in your choice - assume you've asked Craig?
Depends if the venue are charging £20+ per bottle for corkage, a Salmanazar 9l or 12 bottles works out around £40 a bottle.
I'd expect to pay around £25 - £30 for a bottle of non vintage Veuve around £45 for the same at a restaurant.V8mate said:
elster said:
Ferry down to Spain and buy a ton of Cava instead of France. Should save you Substantially more.
If you're going to drink that rubbish (IMO, naturally ) you'd probably get the best deal at Asda!Though your idea did prompt me to recall that Aldi have a reasonable Prosecco for next to nothing.
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