Dom Pérignon is remarkable for its consistency and quality, and not least for the vast quantity produced. Champagne Dom Pérignon
“He is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing” – from a play by Oscar Wilde.
Your lawyers get you off a serious charge: what do you give them as a thank-you present? Dom Pérignon?
Your heart surgeons give you a triple bypass and you survive, what do you give them? Dom Pérignon. Or maybe Louis Roederer Cristal?
The Champenois are masters at the art of luxury marketing. Their clever work over the centuries has resulted in deluxe champagnes being regarded as the pinnacle of luxury gifts.
Why not a bottle of Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart? It’s a great champagne, and expensive, but perhaps doesn’t have quite the profile of Cristal, Krug or Dom.
Why does that matter?
Because the recipient needs to know the price or rarity of a wine in order to be impressed by the gift?
This was the subject of a recent question from a reader.
He wrote a detailed letter explaining that his partner had a potentially fatal cancer and the selfless and dedicated doctors who cured the patient deserved a special thanks. Would Cristal do?
Absolutely, I replied. It’s an exceptional wine that would eloquently express his gratitude to those wonderful doctors.
People often ask if Dom Pérignon is all it’s cracked up to be, considering it’s widely available and seems to be the first choice of
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