spec me bottle of champagne

a1ex2001 · 5 Jul 2012 at 08:42

Best advice I've ever had for wedding toast drinks is don't buy real champagne it's a total waste of money, next time your at a wedding look around the tables after the speaches and see how many half drunk glasses are left all of which just goes down the sink. Unless your guest list are all wine buffs most of them won't even notice what it is as long as it doesn't taste like dish water they will afterall never actually see the bottles and will be much more interested in the speaches then what they are sipping everytime they stand up.

Save yourself loads of money and get a good quality cava/proseco it will taste every bit as nice as the champagnes mentioned in this thread cost you about half as mch money freeing up budget for much more important things like a band (way better than a DJ).

Save the good champagne for you and your good wife the next day as you sit back and enjoy the memories.

Danthus · 5 Jul 2012 at 14:45

QuickLink said:
Ruinart isn't worth the extra money in my book. For the best value for money recently, I've found the Mercier (brut and rosé) very good. They are about 19-20 euros a bottle in my local supermarket, but would easily stand up against a Veuve.

Not quite a Louis though. Louis is much more biscuity and yeasty and tends to have a fuller flavour, whereas the likes of the above are much more crisp.

Whatever you do, don't go for Lanson of any sort. It's heartburn central and the worst of the "named brands" going.

For English, Nyetimber is very nice though. It's what I had when I proposed to the Lady.

English Champagne?

therealnerd2 · 5 Jul 2012 at 18:26

a1ex2001 said:
Best advice I've ever had for wedding toast drinks is don't buy real champagne it's a total waste of money, next time your at a wedding look around the tables after the speaches and see how many half drunk glasses are left all of which just goes down the sink. Unless your guest list are all wine buffs most of them won't even notice what it is as long as it doesn't taste like dish water they will afterall never actually see the bottles and will be much more interested in the speaches then what they are sipping everytime they stand up.

Save yourself loads of money and get a good quality cava/proseco it will taste every bit as nice as the champagnes mentioned in this thread cost you about half as mch money freeing up budget for much more important things like a band (way better than a DJ).

Save the good champagne for you and your good wife the next day as you sit back and enjoy the memories.

Agreed. I spent ages worrying about the champagne for my wedding toast, but by the time of the toast no one cared about it.

Ahleckz · 5 Jul 2012 at 18:47

OldCoals said:
English Champagne?

English sparkling, it's very good.

mattx2 · 5 Jul 2012 at 18:53

a1ex2001 said:
Best advice I've ever had for wedding toast drinks is don't buy real champagne it's a total waste of money, next time your at a wedding look around the tables after the speaches and see how many half drunk glasses are left all of which just goes down the sink. Unless your guest list are all wine buffs most of them won't even notice what it is as long as it doesn't taste like dish water they will afterall never actually see the bottles and will be much more interested in the speaches then what they are sipping everytime they stand up.

Save yourself loads of money and get a good quality cava/proseco it will taste every bit as nice as the champagnes mentioned in this thread cost you about half as mch money freeing up budget for much more important things like a band (way better than a DJ).

Save the good champagne for you and your good wife the next day as you sit back and enjoy the memories.

Exactly what I was about to post most people I know don't like champagne hence it's a massive waste of money. We bought some bottles of procecco from Marks and sparks for about £7 a bottle at 28 bottles that's a decent saving

jellybeard999 · 5 Jul 2012 at 18:55

a1ex2001 said:
Best advice I've ever had for wedding toast drinks is don't buy real champagne it's a total waste of money, next time your at a wedding look around the tables after the speaches and see how many half drunk glasses are left all of which just goes down the sink. Unless your guest list are all wine buffs most of them won't even notice what it is as long as it doesn't taste like dish water they will afterall never actually see the bottles and will be much more interested in the speaches then what they are sipping everytime they stand up.

Save yourself loads of money and get a good quality cava/proseco it will taste every bit as nice as the champagnes mentioned in this thread cost you about half as mch money freeing up budget for much more important things like a band (way better than a DJ).

Save the good champagne for you and your good wife the next day as you sit back and enjoy the memories.

I used to work in a hotel bar/restaurant and was often roped in to do functions; I practically had to force a good number of people to accept a little champagne for the toast and there was nearly always unopened bottles (which are generally kept by the hotel, but still charged for) and ALWAYS half drunk glasses all over the place. Just buy cheap Cava or something in a fancy looking bottle, if anything. The same when people had set reception drinks; most men didn't want the brandy and most women would just have orange juice rather than bucks fizz.