Champagne!!! Hello, I am Mariah Carey and now I am drinking some Cristal mixed with pineapple juice out of a glass with a straw. Hello! I am a jet-setter from St Tropez, and I am chopping the top off Krug bottles with a cutlass on my yacht. Hello! I am from Woking and my dad is paying for my wedding and mum has insisted that we have got to have vintage Champagne to go with the white horse and carriage and it is costing two thousand British pounds.
I like champagne well enough but a) it gives me a gigantic headache; b) it seems ... not worth it. Also to buy champagne in the Canada in Quebec is about $60 to start with an OK bottle then you have to buy 15 and ... yes.
So, readers, YOU will decide which substitute fizzing vino we will have at the wedding we are having in October.
I will not even give you the arguments for and against each option, but I will accept commentary in the comments box if you feel you need to justify your choice*. (Note: when choosing, please note that whatever we buy is subject to markup etc as will be served by 'venoo').
Bon courage, mes amis! And choose well - the future success of our marriage depends upon it!
* If you do comment, please state your country of origin if I am not already aware of it; i.e. if it is you again bloody JonnyB I know you are from England!!!
14 comments:
I have no idea what Jizzwater is, but I have voted for it because it sounds decidedly rude. If the success of your marriage depended on my vote, you would definitely be doomed.
After I'd said, "Sainsbury's sparkling Chardonnay, believe it or no", there wasn't room to say that I am in Blighty.
It makes me sound like someone wearing white shoes from Essex but the above-named beverage is a surprisingly good substitute for real champers. There is a bottle unopened in my fridge at the moment, waiting for a festive occasion I have no idea how much it would cost to fly over however many cases you would need.
I dunno nuffink about plonk or fizz, but I have tasted cava and quite liked it. Like jonnyB I come from h'engerland, but now live in bonnie scotland (and they are rubbish at football, (sorry to scoff.))
I'd give my vote to sparkling Chardonnay too. I've had the Banrock Station (Australian) and it was well received. Around $10 US. We have also enjoyed many of the non vintage sparkling wines from Krug too that were reasonably priced. If you wanted to get a few bottles for the rehearsal dinner?, or just for yourselves, I'd say they were worth considering. One of my favourites was the sparkling Pinot Noir.
Portland, OR
I might be biased (I'm Italian) but I find a good Moscato an excellent alternative to champagne. It's sweet, fizzy and a decidedly happy wine!
Btw - I have been reading your blog for a while ad really enjoy it, thank you!
Best of luck for the wedding! :)
As a Lancastrian living in Spain, it was difficult to decide between a vintage Dandelion and Burdock and a Cava. As you are decided on economy, I've gone for the Cava.
We got in a few kegs of beer from the local pub for our children's weddings. Seemed to go down pretty well and, since there was some over, I was able to nip out into the garden for days after every time I fancied a pint.
Is there no such thing as sparkling absinthe?
If not, you must invent it.
At my wedding about a thousand years ago, we had Codorniu, and it was pretty affordable - I think. My dad bought several cases and I really have no idea of the cost. On the other hand, the marriage didn't last, so maybe I should vote for something else?
Buy the cheapest white plonk you can find and SodaStream it. Everyone's going to be too rat-arsed to tell the difference anyway.
I'm Irish btw.
A good sparkling Vouvray (beware, there is a white wine version) is better than an average champagne and dirt cheap. And it is from the Loire Valley.
Eric the gaylord
Hmmm, I must stand up against the cava: dry, hollow, it fizzes and then...nothing.
Prosecco is better, charming, flirty - yes it's flimsy, but at least it's fun. And there's actually a reason why it's different (aka better) if you can be chuffed: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/11/victoria-moore-cheap-fizzy-wine
Blimey I must have been listening to my hubby when he witters on about wine all those times. That's a worrying trend.
Have a marvellous wedding. x
My sister and her husband both hate champagne, they had several big kegs of real ale, and one of cider - no one got completely rat-arsed, everyone was just nicely merry. I'm from England, specifically Cornwall, can you tell?! I do think you should have absinthe though, are there any good cocktails you could do? Maybe a Green Fairy Spritzer with sparkling water? That would be a very pretty colour.
My dear friends! I am moved beyond words by your kindness and generosity of ideas and all sorts!
the conclusion to this sorry tale is that we will do a price comparison for Cava and Prossecco and if the Prossecco is around the same price as the Cava in the end we may do that. (I know what you mean Anon about the fizzes to nothing....). And if that fails, it's jizz in the SodaStream.
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