Not since the buying frenzy of 1999, when people bought champagne in bulk to ring in the millennium, have U.S. champagne and sparkling wine sales been so high. Volume for 2007 is expected to hit 900 million glasses, up 4% over 2006, says the 2007 Impact Annual Wine Study.There is speculations that Americans are starting to drink champagne just because they like it, and not necessarily because they have something to celebrate."Americans are developing a taste for champagne and sparkling wine -- slowly, but it's growing," says Frank Walters, director of research.
Are you kicking back after work with a glass of fizz?
Consumers get bubbly about champagne sales [USAToday]
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For some reason this year I was givven 3 bottles of Champagne/sparkling wine. Thing is I don't drink are my friends and family trying to tell me I need to drink....?
]]>i like martini and rossi and ballatore. i know their the cheap, but they are so tasty!
]]>for every 25 bottles of champagne purchased in 2006, 26 were purchased in 2007? for every 25 bottles of champagne purchased in 2006, 1 more was purchased in 2007?
no big deal, no big trend. sounds like population growth, if anything.
]]>that's because it's delicious.
]]>If you get a 4% raise, do you consider that in line with inflation or has your boss gone crazy on an employee spending frenzy?
]]>Actually, there are a TON of sparkling wines better than champange. The people who grow chanpagne grapes get paid more per ton than any other growers in any other region of the world. Most of them grow and then sell to grand houses like Veuve Clicquot and Perrier-Jouët, and they get paid anyway, so why put any extra effort into growing them for quality.
There is a growing market for grower's champagne. Grower's champagne is composed of grapes grown on one estate, the estate of the person who harvests, ferments, and bottles the stuff with their name on the bottle. They control quality directly and have a name that is not as "made" as the big houses on the label. Much more drive to bottle good stuff. You casn pick up a bottle of Rene Geoffroy Brut Rose for a little bit more than a bottle of Veuve Yellow Label, and significantly less than a bottle of Grand Dame, and it'll will blow either one out of the water. Gaston Chiquet is another good one, and a quick google search should turn up many more that might save you a buck and be better.
Champagne is not just for celebrating.
eh. I like a good beer just fine.
]]>There's plenty of sparkling wines that are just as good as Champagne.
]]>I have had too many really awful cheap champagnes or sparkling wines. The club we were at last New Years passed out some of the worst "champagne" I have ever had in my life. It tasted like a can and vinegar.
]]>but if you are drinking wine, you are drinking a whole lot more ounces than if you are drinking liquor - the usual measure of one serving is 5 ounces of wine vs 2 ounces of liquor.
Then again, if you are mixing that liquor with coke or juice, you are adding even more calories
]]>Doesn't sound THAT bad. Looks like the liqueurs are where the serious damage is.
]]>Jay-Z is going to be Pissed.
]]>@kantwait: Unfortunately, they do have a reputation of getting smashed on champagne.
]]>It's good! Fizzy wine! If you can hack the headaches, that is.
]]>Of course, I still only get a cheap $4 bottle of Andre (the Brut... even their Extra Dry is too sweet)
]]>People bought champagne for the "Millennium party" in 1999, showing that they couldn't count and were a year off.
People are buying champagne for the "Bush retirement party" in 2007, showing that they still can't count and are a year off again.
]]>Or, we all think we're supermodels getting drunk on champagne before, during, and after a fashion show.
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