I got to pick up a bottle for tonight. My price range is $10-15
I remember someone saying Cava is an inexpensive alternative. Brands?

lol.

with your budget you will get the canned stuff

trying to impress i see

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Originally posted by igottaknow My price range is $10-15

you'd be better off drinking perrier and pbr.

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I'd rather spend my money on the food. Just as long as its not complete shit it ok with me. I could care less whether you are impressed.

A quick Google search yielded this: http://weddings.about.com/od/weddin...apchampagne.htm

That might help. Wear a rubber tonight, IGK. You don't know where the whore has been.

this isn't exactly champagne...but as someone who has enjoyed this before, for the price you will get quality vs money.

cheap champagne is really hard to enjoy because with champagne you really get what you pay for....a mousseux is close enough to champagne that you can substitute. People that don't know wine will barely tell the difference, and people that do know wine will at least enjoy this selection imo more than cheap skunk champagne like the cavas.

what are you eating?
http://www.saq.com/webapp/wcs/store...e=#observations

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Originally posted by igottaknow I'd

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Sockeye Salmon in a Mango marinade

I'll give the sparkling wine a try.

the mousseux i suggested pairs well with seafood...but the mango kinda throws me off. I have not tried it with fruity food.

My guess is that you want to keep it on the dry side and get a bubbly with at least a 50% pinot noir in the blend. You can use google and try and find one that will pair well with mango. Dry pinot based products should always suit the fish well.

You can also find a fuckload of this stuff in your price range. Don't forget that most of these mousseux's are essentially the same thing as Champagne, minus the fact that they are produced outside of the Champagne region making them ineligible to be called such.

You could probably even get away with a sweet riesling.

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Originally posted by Zyklon_Jay this isn't exactly champagne...but as someone who has enjoyed this before, for the price you will get quality vs money. cheap champagne is really hard to enjoy because with champagne you really get what you pay for....a mousseux is close enough to champagne that you can substitute. People that don't know wine will barely tell the difference, and people that do know wine will at least enjoy this selection imo more than cheap skunk champagne like the cavas.

Good call. igk, the reason for my post is that cheap champagne (and 10-15 bucks is cheap) is much worse than other cheap alcohol. It might even be the worst. Why? I don't know enough to explain it properly. It's kind of like buying a $2 screwdriver or a $50 drill; the two products are equally inexpensive, but while the former is, despite being less-than-ideal, still serviceable, the drill will be completely useless.

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Originally posted by Zyklon_Jay You could probably even get away with a sweet riesling.

with salmon? gross.

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Uh-oh, shaw is talking down to us.

Uh-oh.

it can work. Don't forget that mango is a very powerful flavour. With sweet food you go either really dry, or you can go light and sweet.