tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409795896937720411.post3908406388833553916..comments2024-02-25T09:30:59.569-08:00Comments on Legatus' Food and Wine: Large Veuve Clicquot Champagne Bottles in John Lewis Food Halllegatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409795896937720411.post-64329736755668238772014-12-10T06:39:37.834-08:002014-12-10T06:39:37.834-08:00That Vcanter thing is ridiculous! My father used ...That Vcanter thing is ridiculous! My father used to serve Veuve Cliquot at Christmas, but after about 6 years in a row he tired of it (this was about 10 years ago) and we know tend to drink whatever champagne's to hand. The Firm usually hands out bottles of Pol Roger as Christmas "thank you for your hard work" presents - lucky us...Gileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01431052344684945450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409795896937720411.post-31043445031635949062014-12-02T09:35:31.376-08:002014-12-02T09:35:31.376-08:00Fantastic! I want one!Fantastic! I want one!legatus hedliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409795896937720411.post-36233875911300228552014-12-02T09:17:28.544-08:002014-12-02T09:17:28.544-08:00Hello,
Here you go: http://www.vcanter.com/en
And...Hello,<br />Here you go: http://www.vcanter.com/en<br /><br />And here is a publicity stunt bottle: http://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2014/12/most-expensive-english-sparkler-on-sale/<br /><br />MalcLittleArmieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633965168690644134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409795896937720411.post-86490906114997667252014-11-29T10:53:58.539-08:002014-11-29T10:53:58.539-08:00I hadn't thought about the ageing thing but th...I hadn't thought about the ageing thing but that makes sense. Yes, pouring it would be a huge problem. I like the sound of the crane! I did indeed once witness a young lady have a Champagne bath (fortunately I didn't pay for it). 10 cases it took!legatus hedliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409795896937720411.post-5797024987784480572014-11-29T10:07:32.972-08:002014-11-29T10:07:32.972-08:00Hello Legatus,
The idea with bigger bottles is tha...Hello Legatus,<br />The idea with bigger bottles is that they age more slowly (it's to do with the amount of air in the bottle v volume of liquid) - and of course there is the "wow" factor. Size matters - even when talking about champagne. The ideal bottle size is supposedly the magnum - although I've never had any problems drinking champagne from whatever bottle size was ordered. Most of these are sold for celebrations rather than bathing young ladies (as far as I'm aware) and are chilled pretty much as you suggest. What you didn't consider in your post was how you pour them (the Nebuchadnezzar weighs about 15kg just for the liquid - the glass must be another couple of kilos on top so about 37ibs in Imperial speak) - try tucking a Neb under your arm and gracefully pouring one of the 100-120 glasses that you can get out of one of these bad boys. Some places have little cranes on wheels for pouring them. As for pricing - the rationale is that these things are generally made to order (my company keeps a few on hand but there is about a three month lead time generally) and the production runs on the bottles are rather smaller than for bottles or magnums. Also they usually come in wooden gift boxes (known as "pet coffins" in the trade) which bumps up the costs rather.<br /><br />As for your comments re Veuve, I've never really favoured it. For me it has to be either Bollinger or Pol Roger as my two favourite houses. <br /><br />LittleArmieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633965168690644134noreply@blogger.com