Since there's a lot of good advice, does anyone have any alternatives to Laurent Perrier Rosé? Something enjoyed equally by people who drink and those who are happy on a dirty bottle of Lambrusco?
Tsarine and Ruinart are the nicest Rose champs I've sampled. I used to have a shop in Harrogate and we got quite a few lovies hooked on Tsarine.
I've drunk it, it's good but not outstanding, better than most sub £59 bottles but not as good as the better champagnes. At a similar price, Ruinart is what I look for unless they have a Bollinger Grand Annee, that's lovely stuff. At the cheaper end of the spectrum Drappier is very, very good for the money and Aldi have the best supermarket fizz, there standard stuff (£12 per bottle) is good, there posh stuff (£15 ish) is astonishing for that price.
Edit, if you're in the Midlands, pop into Nickolls and Perks in Stourbridge, they have a cracking selection offer some good advice and also sell a huge range of whiskey. And Aldi is round the corner from them as well!
Chilled fizzy wine is the degustatory equivalent of fancy hifi wires.
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Got through a couple of bottles while sat looking through a huge window at the Jura mountains in the showroom of a world famous watchmakers after shooting $2million dollars worth of watches. I like my wine and happily pay £10-30 for a bottle but would have preferred a good prosecco with a bit of aperol in it or cloudy bay pelorus (NZ fizz)
Underwhelmed and would never buy it myself or as a gift.
