Eight ways you may be drinking Champagne wrong
Storing it wrong? Opening it wrong? Using the wrong glasses? Whatever. Cheers!
New York — This is peak Champagne season, when holiday revelers start thinking bubbles and obsessing over buying and drinking fizz. (I do it all year.) UK-based marketing company Wine Intelligence just released a report that estimates 45-million Americans partake in sparkling wine annually — and some of them drink bubbly only during the holidays. Of course, not all of that is expensive Champagne. But if you’re not going to splash out a little more for effervescence around New Year’s Eve, when will you? Join the party — just make sure you’re doing it right. You're fooled by flash and familiar names Most Champagne is the less-expensive non-vintage type that blends vintages to achieve a consistent taste and style. That way you’ll know what you’re going to taste when you open a bottle of Louis Roederer or Veuve Clicquot. But you’ll almost always get more bang for your buck by picking a bottle with a vintage date on it. (Krug Grande Cuvée is one exception.) This means avoiding the stuff ...
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