Champagne Tasting

Last night was the champagne tasting event at
Harrods. Andy found out about the event while my Dad and Kathleen were visiting us in September. They went to Harrods, a major tourist attraction in the form of an over-the-top department store, and while in the wine shop there they found out about the champagne event last night. For a entrance fee of £35 there were almost 70 champagnes available to taste. I wanted to taste champagnes I knew I would never actually buy - the REALLY expensive ones, so I set out for the ones with price tags over £100 a bottle - yes, it does say over £100 a bottle!! The most expensive bottle was £215, Charles Heidsieck 1981 and I have to say I didn't really care for it. It was very sweet, and almost syrupy. I found this of a few of the older champagnes. Another very expensive one that I did really like was Salon 1996 (£180 a bottle) - very nice taste. We probably tasted about 16, at the end they all were tasting very similar, and I felt pretty burnt out on champagne. It was a great night though, and I'm pleased to say there were no purchases made :)