"Mark Lipton" wrote .....
>>
>> I would agree, champagne is the thing, go for something excellent
>> but without airs such as Taittinger Comte De Champagne or
>> Cliquot's Grande Dame, avoid the excess freight charges for
>> Kristal and Dom Perignon.
>
> Yes, my thinking, too. For that price, one could get Pol Roger Cuveé
> Winston Churchill or Billecart-Salmon Blanc de Blancs, too.
>

I still regard the 1985 Pol Roger Cuveé Winston Churchill as, perhaps, the
very best I have tasted.

I also rate the Laurent-Perrier Grande Siecle 1982 is the finest Rose
champagne I have tried - for something a little different and special.

If the occasion is truly special, then I endorse what others have said -
go for the best you can find and afford.

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st.helier