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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 487511" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>This might be useful: <a href="http://weddings.about.com/od/weddingcakesfoodmenus/tp/cheapchampagne.htm" target="_blank">Top 10 Inexpensive Champagnes and Wines -- Champagne and Sparkling Wine for Less Than $20</a></p><p></p><p>Years ago I worked as a secretary at a bank and my main boss was really really into wines. One of the things he taught me about wine was that there is very little reason to buy an expensive bottle unless you want to impress someone with a label or price tag. I have since heard a lot of other people who really like wine say the same thing. I don't know your price range, but you should find something good on that list or at least in the $10-$25 range. </p><p></p><p>If the wife has headaches, esp migraines, that you know of, a clear liquor would be a far better gift, except tequila. If you want to do something nice, get a bottle of light rum or vodka and a couple of vanilla beans. Let the beans soak for a week or two and it will be a nice liquor. If you need it faster, cut the bean open lengthwise and get all the seeds loose in the bottle.</p><p></p><p>If they are coffee lovers, maybe some Baileys Irish Cream or even make some easy coffee liquer by taking half a pound of coffee beans and 16 oz rum or vodka (spiced rum is nice with this - adds more depth to the flavor). Put the beans and the booze in a container and let sit a week or however long you have, then strain and yum yum yum. </p><p></p><p>You could also call a wine bar and ask the sommelier to recommend a good sparkling wine. Champagne comes from a specific area in France and all other bubbly wines are sparkling wine, even if they are made iwth the exact same grapes. Names of alcoholic drinks are funny that way. So you might find a good sparkling wine that would be a good gift. All I really know about champagne is that in college the black bottles of Freixinet were what everyone drank, mostly because you could write on it with a metallic marker and didn't really ahve to wrap it or buy a card. I ran with a cheap crowd then, lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 487511, member: 1233"] This might be useful: [url=http://weddings.about.com/od/weddingcakesfoodmenus/tp/cheapchampagne.htm]Top 10 Inexpensive Champagnes and Wines -- Champagne and Sparkling Wine for Less Than $20[/url] Years ago I worked as a secretary at a bank and my main boss was really really into wines. One of the things he taught me about wine was that there is very little reason to buy an expensive bottle unless you want to impress someone with a label or price tag. I have since heard a lot of other people who really like wine say the same thing. I don't know your price range, but you should find something good on that list or at least in the $10-$25 range. If the wife has headaches, esp migraines, that you know of, a clear liquor would be a far better gift, except tequila. If you want to do something nice, get a bottle of light rum or vodka and a couple of vanilla beans. Let the beans soak for a week or two and it will be a nice liquor. If you need it faster, cut the bean open lengthwise and get all the seeds loose in the bottle. If they are coffee lovers, maybe some Baileys Irish Cream or even make some easy coffee liquer by taking half a pound of coffee beans and 16 oz rum or vodka (spiced rum is nice with this - adds more depth to the flavor). Put the beans and the booze in a container and let sit a week or however long you have, then strain and yum yum yum. You could also call a wine bar and ask the sommelier to recommend a good sparkling wine. Champagne comes from a specific area in France and all other bubbly wines are sparkling wine, even if they are made iwth the exact same grapes. Names of alcoholic drinks are funny that way. So you might find a good sparkling wine that would be a good gift. All I really know about champagne is that in college the black bottles of Freixinet were what everyone drank, mostly because you could write on it with a metallic marker and didn't really ahve to wrap it or buy a card. I ran with a cheap crowd then, lol. [/QUOTE]
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