Marge wrote:

> Since we don't drink champagne all that often, it doesn't seem
> unreasonable to pay a little more to get a nice bottle. I can get a
> hangover from the cheaper stuff, even a glass. Not sure why, since
> wine doesn't do that.

I have the same problem with the cheap stuff. There have been a few
occasions where my wife and I drank a bottle of the stuff at night and woke
up in the morning feeling like a lump of mud. I don't suffer from the good
stuff. The problem is that you don't usually pay just a little extra for
the good stuff. You pay a lot more. Around here the cheap stuff sells for
about $10 per bottle. There are some better champagne style wines for under
$20. The good stuff starts at about $45. If I am paying that much for
champagne I want champagne, not a fruity spritzer. I like good wine and
liquor. With the exception of gin and tonic I do not uses mixes, so I
prefer to spend the extra for the good stuff. I recognize that there are
limits to my palate's ability to distinguish subtle differences, so there
comes a point at which I cannot justify the extra cost.