B. Have you tasted some of these $35-$50 Champagnes after they’ve gone flat? They’re terrible! Many don’t merit the price tag…Factories are pumping out boatloads of mediocrity and selling it to you under the guise of a “luxury item”. Their inflated prices are more a product of huge advertising budgets than they are about quality production.

C. I hope more retailers start carrying Grower Champagnes. While these aren’t as inexpensive as sparklers from other countries, at least they are wines that speak of humanity, of place, of soul…not blended from several hundred lots from every corner of the region.