How Do You Buy Good (Cheap) Champagne?
“Too much of anything is bad, but too much champagne is just right,” opined the late great American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. Many would tend to agree with Ole’ Fitzgerald, and fortunately this New Year’s may be the first one in a long time that those of us longing to party like rock stars can afford the good stuff. Shipments of champagne to the United States plummeted 41.2 percent from January to August, according to the Champagne Bureau, the U.S. arm of the region’s official trade group. The surplus left in storerooms still exceeds current demand, the excess supply resulted in major price slashing and good deals for the common man. Bargain champagne here we come! Before you pop the cork to ring in the New Year make sure that you know how to choose quality champagne at an awesome price to get the best bubbly for your New Year’s Eve blow-out. Step 1 Go for the authentic. Champagne is a sparkling wine, made in the Champagne region in the North East of France. The only wine that is leg
