Champagne

[morph100]

Any ideas where I can get champagne in a non glass bottle?!??? I'm all posh n that with a motorhome n everyfink ;-)

[sisterofmercy]

I'm really surprised that we get this thread every year, it's an odd thing to factor in to the whole Glasto organisation.

If you try searching the forum there should be a good thread about ideas on how to transport it to the site without losing the bubbles, it seemed very helpful.

[Toilet Duck]

Lidl prosecco in cans! (I believe that was the general consensus over the last few years as to the best option...lets be honest, you're not going to gets cans of Cristal!)....

[idontgetoutmuch]

Alas the Lidl prosecco is no longer sold in cans, which is a real shame as it was really good.

[morph100]

It remains the one mystery in the festival everything else is easy to get or bring with you.....

[dibbul]

You could buy Lanson for about £6 per glass at Bourbon Street last year

[thelizardking]

champers

[morph100]

Tequila and oranges

[blackdog]

neck it all before youse go in!

[CaledonianGonzo]

You could buy Lanson for about £6 per glass at Bourbon Street last year

[Milbert]

Just go to the Cider Bus and get some Somerset Champagne, it comes in pints and puts hairs on yer chest, me babber

[grumpyhack]

We've always gone for the LIDL Prosecco in cans but haven't see it for a while. Great shame if they've stopped doing it..

ASDAs do a whole range of mixed drinks in cans: Gin & Tonic, Pimms and Lemonade etc which might be worth exploring as alternatives. I know they're not the same but still quite drinkable alternatives to beers.

[budvar]

You won't get bubbly in a plastic bottle - only thick glass is tough enough to hold the stuff! As such I'd abandon ideas of taking it. Or maybe keep some in an ice box in the car, if you're driving.

[bluejeans10]

we popped ours last year (I wrote 'this year' then. ooooooh we're getting closer ) at the gates and mixed it with guinness which had started to get rather warm. was quite a treat when we dropped our bags and sat down just past the wristband exchange.

though I would very much love to take a bottle up to the park when watching the sunset as that would be rather special.

[parsonjack]

some interesting stuff here about making sparkling wine, including tips on how to do it with a sodastream and plastic bottles....which you could take on site with you....champagne it aint but might be a close second if you get it right...

http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=12120&p=128984

[budvar]

we popped ours last year (I wrote 'this year' then. ooooooh we're getting closer ) at the gates and mixed it with guinness which had started to get rather warm. was quite a treat when we dropped our bags and sat down just past the wristband exchange.

though I would very much love to take a bottle up to the park when watching the sunset as that would be rather special.

[Milbert]

some interesting stuff here about making sparkling wine, including tips on how to do it with a sodastream and plastic bottles....which you could take on site with you....champagne it aint but might be a close second if you get it right...

http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=12120&p=128984

[LusciousLucy]

I think Heston Blumenthal did this with Blue Nun and did a blind taste test on City boys in London. A surprising amount of people claiming to know their champagne chose the soda stream Blue Nun over the real champagne

[Milbert]

Like!

There are hundreds of bubblies out there and they certainly do not need to be Champagne. The best bubbly on the planet at the moment is actually from a vineyard just north of Brighton. Out of 700 tastings at an international tasting in San Francisco late last year, Ridgeview (in Hassocks) won. The French champagne makers currently are keeping a very beady eye on the state of the English Fizz trade.

It is a shame that plastic bottles are not used but there is probably no vineyard on the planet that has a forethought to try such a thing as the market is probably so small it would not be a profitable investment to set up.

Edited January 21, 2011 by Milbert

[The Nal]

who minussed you..??

I'll have to even it out

agreed... the only reason the other bubblies can't call themselves champagne is because it's not from Champagne... pro-secco is always good

Edited January 21, 2011 by The Nal