Comments on: Champagne, don’t bid adieu to America!

By: Annette S

Annette S — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:29:47 +0000

Champagne is my drink, I love the stuff. I love Champagne from Spain…it is delicious at $7 to $10 a bottle. Schramberg’s Blanc de Blanc is also a favorite, too costly. I like to pay cash for bubbles and find it no problem bringing bubbly when celebrating.

By: Champagne Enthusiast

Champagne Enthusiast — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:03:15 +0000

Even without the effect of exchange rates, I guess that a lot of champagne lovers in Europe as well as the US may find it hard to afford to indulge in the luxury of champagne.

By: Alvin Lewis

Alvin Lewis — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:55:34 +0000

I’ve gotta agree with JD Webster above. There are just too many excellent sparklers around to get too upset about the French focusing on selling the wares to China. When the $$ rebounds and they change their focus again much of that market will have found greener pastures. For example I was just sipping at some excellent local (NY) sparklers: Chateau Frank Blanc de Noirs and Blanc de Blancs, both vintage 2000 wines at less than $30. Now when was the last time you got a good vintage Champagne for under $30, even when the dollar was strong?

By: JDWebster

JDWebster — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:43:29 +0000

I Love Champagne,…… It’s a shame that I just can’t afford to drink it anymore. With as much good bubbly as there is from other regions of the world, I won’t shed too many tears. The big Champagne houses seem to have stopped selling wine anyway, all they sell now are “luxury goods”.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:09:43 +0000

I’m not sure I believe the sky-is-falling reports about the weak dollar. Markets fluctuate and the dollar will be strong again. However, I shop in a local liquor store which gutted its French wine selections by 20-30% several years ago because, as the manager told me, “it doesn’t move.” Good French wines start at $35 a bottle and that’s just too much. A weak dollar? Or historically and deliberately overpriced wine?

By: Delondra Williams

Delondra Williams — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:33:32 +0000

Forget the French, then. I’m rechristening Spanish Cava “Freedom Bubbles.”