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# Champagne: how to match with food
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## Let's do as the French do and drink champagne with food. But what exactly?
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![Sauce: how to match champagne with food][1]
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Lanson Ivory Label NV Demi-sec; Waitrose Blanc de Blancs NV; Perrier-Jouet
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Grand Brut 1998
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By Susy Atkins 7:00AM BST 12 Jun 2009
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[Comments][2]
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After last week's bargain-bin recommendations (not a wine over £5!), I can be
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forgiven, I hope, for taking things decidedly upmarket. Because it's that time
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of year when some lucky folk are planning a truly posh party. Wedding feasts,
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family celebrations, exam successes… These are high-summer high-points when,
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frankly, only a good bottle of fizz will do.
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The question is: does champagne go with food? In Britain we tend to drink it
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on its own, chilled as an aperitif, of course. But in France it is often
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served, rather cleverly
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I feel, with subtle savoury dishes. The best matches include a relatively
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rich, creamy champagne with white fish or seafood in a buttery white sauce - a
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sublime mix of the soft and fresh, lemony and crisp.
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Brigitte Hennessy, Champagne Lanson's in-house expert, suggested some more
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specific pairings at a recent tasting. She singled out blanc de blancs
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champagnes (those made from chardonnay alone) with my butter-sauced fish;
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riper rose champagne with lobster; mellow vintage champagnes a decade old for
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game-bird dishes; and honeyed, off-dry 'demi-sec' fizz with berry-based
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pavlova or a classic summer pudding. Inspiring stuff.
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Now don't try to match delicate champagnes with heavy food (no roast lamb or
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chilli con carne), but please do celebrate the best moments this summer by
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sipping your bubbly with lighter dishes. And if you can't stretch to fine
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champagne, well, I reckon that's OK. A decent sparkler from New Zealand, say,
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or a fine cremant de bourgogne can create a similarly heavenly marriage with
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food. Perfect for a summer wedding, then.
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## Related Articles
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* [The perils of matching food and wine][3]
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01 Jul 2009
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**TIPPLE TIP **a glass of grass, anyone?
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'Look out for grassy notes in dry white wines. A scent of freshly mown grass
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gives a crisp al fresco feel to a summer wine. Try Loire Valley or South
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African sauvignon blanc, simple bordeaux blanc and new-wave whites from Rueda
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in Spain, matching it with salad leaves, tomatoes and mild goat's cheese'
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