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[rhythmaning]

There is an article in today's Independent about a comparative tasting of champagnes by a panel of experts (nice job if you can get it!).

Many supermarket own-brand wines came out better than the major marques.

The bit I really liked was that "the £24 Moët & Chandon Brut Imperial was inferior to a £3.99 cava from the Co-op and - how embarrassing is this? - a £3.29 Castell Llord Cava Brut from Netto." The £3.29 bottle from Netto was below the price range requested by Which?, who carried out the tasting, "but was included because the discount chain was unable to supply a more expensive bottle."

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[f4f3.livejournal.com]

Another of my hidden shallows is that I get Which magazine, and I had a good chuckle at that one.

Current fizz of choice chez moi is Lindauer Brut NV, excellent for Kir Royale and a snipp at £5.99 a bottle!

http://www.majestic.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=272&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&productId=11299

[topicaltim.livejournal.com]

Last Christmas the Co-op did the same promotion on that Cava and we drank an unwise amount of it over the holiday season, thereby maximizing the value for money. Very respectable it is, even before you remind yourself you can buy five or six bottles for the price of a single bottle of marquee name champagne.