Has anyone tasted Lidl champagne?

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Anyone taste Lidl champagne? What is it like?

It's "Comte de Brismand" brut reserve - 17.99 euro.
 
A girl in work said it was lovely - she was going to buy it for her wedding, but the local LIDL didnt have enough bottles. When she arrived to the hotel, the bottle of champagne in the honeymoon suite was the same one she was going to buy in LIDL.
 
They also sell Crème de cassis; add a few drops and ...hey Presto! Kir Royal.

But it's quite drinkable on its own, too.
 
Just to report back......

I was happy with the Lidl champagne, it tasted (to my unrefined palatte) very pleasant and wasn't so sharp as other champagnes I have tasted. All in all I think it is fine for the price.
 
I had some friends down last weekend and we had a bottle of Veuve Clicquot which I love. My friends enjoyed it but when they tasted the one from Lidl the preferred it over the Veuve. E43 against E18. Not bad! In saying that it didn't stop them polishing off a magnum of Veuve!!
 
europhile said:
The prosecco which Lidl sells for €9.99 in Ireland is €0.99 in Germany.
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Ireland has very high excise duty on sparkling wine and 21% VAT on top of that (i.e., VAT is charged on the excise duty). This would account for most of the difference.
 
europhile said:
The prosecco which Lidl sells for €9.99 in Ireland is €0.99 in Germany.
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Think of how little it must cost when it leaves the factory where it was made, before transportation, duties, marketing overheads, retail premises overheads + Lidls profits etc are taken in to account. I never tasted it , but heard it tastes like cheap chemicals.
 
It doesn't actually taste any worse than other own-brand ones I've got from UK supermarkets.
 
We are not talking about "other own-brand ones from UK supermarkets". Some own brand food items from UK supermarkets is very good eg Marks and Spencer. I would not put lidl own brand in the same league as Marks and spencer, not by a very long shot !
 
rabbit said:
We are not talking about "other own-brand ones from UK supermarkets". Some own brand food items from UK supermarkets is very good eg Marks and Spencer. I would not put lidl own brand in the same league as Marks and spencer, not by a very long shot !
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I think the Lidl one tasted better than the M&S one!
 
You have gotten me interested, as the Marks and Spencer 'Oudinot, medium-dry' is my fav. and is a few €'s dearer. Maybe it could be replaced by the Lidl brand. Watch this space.
 
lyonsie said:
Maybe it could be replaced by the Lidl brand. Watch this space.
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You could save a fortune. In Germany it is much cheaper than bottled water.


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rabbit said:
You could save a fortune. In Germany it is much cheaper than bottled water.
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In Germany, I went to a petrol station at 5 am to buy apfelwein to keep a party going and it was 89 cent. It turns out they had even shipped this stuff from the UK and it was still that cheap after paying the postage.
It didnt taste so bad either. Knowing it was cheap and that in Ireland it would cost a multiple of the price in Germany improved the experience a lot.
 
sign said:
In Germany, I went to a petrol station at 5 am to buy apfelwein to keep a party going and it was 89 cent. It turns out they had even shipped this stuff from the UK
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You must have been in great form at the party to find apfelwein shipped from the UK , @ 89 cent a bottle. Tell us what you had in the hours before 5 am, thats what I want to try next time. lol
 
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