A swift recap from Part I. We’re buying wine for my sisters wedding. We need a white, a red and a fizzy.
We’re buying local, from either Bubble Brothers or Curious Wines ,or both.
We have samples, and I’m going to detail them in this post.
At this point, I must mention that we decided against Champagne ™. We feel that Cava (or any sparkling wine) can be just as good as a champagne, for a pleasantly smaller outlay.
The wines we chose from Bubble Brothers:
We have 2 fizzy wines and a red and white pair.
Reading from left to right:
Fizzy
MAS CODINA, Brut, Cava DO Penedès
Red
LES CINQ PATTES Bordeaux rouge
White
LES CINQ PATTES Bordeaux blanc
Fizzy
Veuve du Vernay Brut Rosé
The wines we chose from Curious Wines:
Reading from left to right:
Fizzy
Mas Macia Cava Brut Gran Reserva
White
Cuvee Jean-Paul Sec VDP 2008
Red
Cuvee Jean-Paul Rouge VDP 2007
White
Pascal Bouchard Grande Reserve Chablis 2007
Red
Charles Thomas Moulin-A-Vent (can’t find a link)
Fizzy
Mas Macia Cava Brut
We kept all the wines in or around our price point, but allowed some latitude. We told Matt and Julian (the sales guys in the wine shops) what our price point was, what the meal was (once we’d found out ourselves) and the sort of crowd. I don’t think there’s any point in being anything but honest with vendors, the more information you can give them the better they can help you.
The bottles above are our choices from their recommendations. We took a few samples and have plenty of time to make our choices – allowing us to taste “a colour a night”.
I wouldn’t fancy trying the above list in a single evening. Well, I would, but I wouldn’t like to try to read my notes afterwards.
We opened the whites at the weekend. We had assorted family members and neighbours in on it – basically anyone that passed our door was press-ganged into offering an opinion. We’ve now chosen the white, and will move onto tasting the reds.
In part III I’ll describe the choice of red and white, giving as much insight into why we chose them as possible.
Part IV will detail the choice of sparkling and Part V will be the round up and tips.
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