I posted a question on champagne in the March timeframe if you search on this forum.

Perrier Jouet is not only a fantastic champagne it is an absolutely beautiful bottle and gift presentation. If someone presented you a PJ bottle you would have a wow factor.

Dom Perrignon is nothing special but a name in my opinion. Not bad just so many better options out there.

Delliff86 said:

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This is one of my favorites that I've had as far as champagne goes.

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The hotel gifted us a bottle of Ruinart when we arrived. Not the Dom label but the Brut label. Rather enjoyed it.

The Raphet Chambertin showed well tonight. Also has some Leflaive Macon Verze by the glass for 19e.

It's always crazy to see French lists at reasonable prices and then compare how outrageous our prices in the states are. I'm guessing the tariffs will make them worse next year.

Delliff86 said:

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Vincent Jordant is great too,
My wife is in a bubbles club that has a bunch of grower champagne.

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There's a lot of fantastic grower champagnes out there. The problem is finding a distributor willing to bring it here because the quantities are smaller.

Is this a mail-order club? If so, do you mind sharing the name? I may be interested.

I haven't been able to find one since, but living outside Victoria doesn't offer you much.

Yup it's We drink bubbles, from what it looks like Shiloh, the owner, has or her family with a storage facility in Cali.

From the way she talks she is pretty tight with quite a few growers over there.

https://wedrinkbubbles.com

Fat Cork is another option for grower champagnes

My wife and I were talking over the weekend about just making a trip to Beaune every couple of years to stock up on Burgundy. It's by far my favorite wine region, but it seems like the 1er and Grand Cru wines are getting harder to get in the US without spending a small fortune.

Grower champagnes pop up fairly regularly on Last Bottle and WTSO.

Awesome!

Ruth's Cris in downtown