The winners were an eclectic mix that contained both well-known Champagne houses like Piper-Heidsieck and Palmer & Co, grower cooperatives, and less well known and lower priced brands. The results provided persuasive proof that high quality and low price can go hand in hand.
Wine Talk: Why Champagne Dominates
Given a choice between a bottle of Champagne or a sparkling wine from any other corner of the world, most reasonably sane wine enthusiasts would opt for the Champagne. Of course, they would. It’s more expensive than other bubblies, so it must be better.
That’s what the smart crowd thinks.
Champagne’s unique station in the wine culture is so pervasive that even those who know better casually describe all sparkling wine as Champagne. For the record, only bubbly produced within the carefully drawn boundaries of the Champagne district in northeastern France can legally be sold as Champagne.
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