Champagne taste test sees store brands sparkle.Summary: A consumer guide says you don't need to splash the cash on bubbly, as supermarkets' own brands of Champagne do well in a taste test. Christmas revellers will not need to splash the cash on expensive champagne this year after supermarket own brands performed well in a taste test for a leading consumer guide. Champagne from Sainsbury's, The Co-operative and Oddbins all scored well in comparison to more expensive label brands, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the consumer organisation, Which? However, the rather pricier Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Champagne Brut Brut, Brute (both: br  t), or Brutus (br NV, selling at Au31.91 a bottle, still came out on top among the 14
champagnes tested.
Sainsbury's Blanc de Noirs Blanc de noirs is a French term (literally "white of blacks") for a white wine produced entirely from black grapes. It is often encountered in Champagne, where a number of houses have followed the lead of Bollinger's prestige cuvée Champagne Brut NV was only 1 per cent behind, though, on 89 per cent and around half the price at Au15.98. H Blin v. t. & i. 1. To stop; to cease; to desist. n. 1. Cessation; end. 1. a thin buckwheat pancake made with yeast and usually filled with sour cream and folded over. See also blini. & Co Champagne Brut NV from Oddbins also scored 89 per cent at Au24.99, and The Co-operative followed closely behind with its Les Pionniers Champagne Brut at Au15.55 a bottle. However, Moet and Chandon Brut NV did not score well, coming 13th out of the 14. The experts were not impressed by its "slightly medicinal" aroma or "aggressive acidity". Martyn Hocking, editor of Which? magazine, said: "With the party season ahead of us it's great to know that you don't need to spend a fortune to get a good quality champagne. Sainsbury's own brand is a corker." Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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