My best buy recently was a case of Charles Heidsieck Mis en Cave 1997 at Makro (more
or less a UK equivalent of Costco) for about GB£13.50. My personal opinion, however,
is forget Champagne and get some Cloudy Bay Pelorus, NV or vintage (the 1996 is
particularly good), which the UK wine writer Malcolm Gluck describes as "better than
Krug".

Regards,

Ian

"R&M" > wrote in message
om...
> I can buy Moet & Chandon for $23/bottle at costco..is there a better
> champagne for around that price?
>
> By the way, I met Don Ho in hawaii and blamed his song "tiny bubbles"
> for my addiction to champagne. He smiled knowingly. At 73, its good to
> know you can still smile or do anything...