Champagne Party Tips   by Nathan Hall

in Food / Wines and Spirits    (submitted 2011-05-30)

Do you really believe champagne is just for special events? Do you suppose you need a particular lifestyle in order drink it more than a few times per year? Having a champagne party can be as comfy as bargain-priced Unless you plan to purchase the most expensive champagne at your nearest market each time.

Ordinarily won't require more than 5-6 bottles of various sorts of champagne brands. A Moet & Chandon could be the most expensive champagne at your supermarket, if they don’t have Dom Perignon or Crystal Champagne, but you can also find an affordable Moet for $10-$14 per bottle. Take a few types of champagne, like Brut or White Star but you should by all odds buy a Rose as well, girls love it. Yet you don’t have to buy 5-6 unique champagne types; it's good to get 2 bottles of the most popular one, usually Blanc de Blanc and sometimes Medium-dry, depending on what your guests like.

For a friendly party prepare some homemade snacks. Champagne suits with fresh fruits, cheese, meat, chocolate. Your menu should be simple, cook cheese and potatoes snacks, and for the afters plain fruits and chocolates should be ideal. Home baked chocolate would be sensational if you want to impress the guests. Maybe you require a more refined and expensive menu; sparkling wine suits with French cheese, French pastry, salmon, caviar, chocolate ice cream, muffins, cake. Keep the rose wine for the afters, it suits the most.

Place the appetizers close to the champagne, and utilize ice buckets to preserve the champagne chilled. The dessert should be there already, close to the pink champagne; you don’t have to serve it lastly if the party isn’t too formal. Some guests would be happy to start the party with some tempting fruits or some delicious chocolate candy.

Turn your champagne party into a mixed drinks party. Champagne brands didn’t manufacture the sparkling wine to be consumed only as it is, particularly when it has that unique bubbly taste that might enrich many other drinks when combined. Blend it with fruit juice and remember to pour the juice first and the bubbly wine on top of it. Try making an orange Bellini, that’s one of the most fashionable champagne mixes. You’ll need fresh fruit juice (you could squeeze the oranges by yourself for a really natural taste) and a bottle of reasonably dry champagne.

You should enjoy such parties more often. Champagne is a representation of celebration; and because of that it means much more than just a good wine. Pick some champagne brands of your choice and go have that party. Cheers!

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