She's actually using her own line of wine glasses. This line was designed to be a 'universal' glass for all types of wine. They are all handmade and are extremely thin crystal.

You wally!

Waiter for many years and we were taught not to pop champagne bottles it can sound common and vulgar! If you can afford and enjoy champagne, then nobody around the restaurant needs to know...... On holiday in New York at a fancy Italian restaurant with all the waiters dressed in dinner suits looking very efficient. Our waiter unfortunately huffed at puffed while attempting to open a bottle of Cava before I eventually offered to show him the proper way. I put a napkin around it, twisted the bottle one way and the cork in the other direction and eased the cork out quietly. Some sparkling wine corks can be tight but it's simple when you know how.

Anecdotal nonsense. Alas like all finer things in life, it is not about instant gratification to appreciate value ... The finer wines develop flavour, taste and smell better through the course of time after opening the bottle. The cheaper sparkling stuff appeals to mass market audience who just want things sweet, easy to swallow and intoxicating for the least financial outlay ... Most people (in places like the USA) prefer thick doughy salty cheese laden Pizza over Neapolitan ... it's all about development of palate and attitude towards food & drink ...

@@ahoang9069 How many double blind tastings did you organize? What I did is an scientific and objective way of measuring appreciation. You could in theory criticise the selection of the people participating, but the methodology used is randomised double blind, which is the gold standard. So tell me, why are my findings anecdotal and your opinion free of observers bias?

@@KokkiePiet I do not organise double blind tests, reason being is I enjoy wines (with and without company) in a natural setting and consumed at my own pace and leisure. All you did was just bandied together a collective of unsuspecting individuals who have no interest or experience in finer wines and subjecting them to a quick back to back series of samples. Your own execution of science and your reasoning is flawed. Imagine asking 10 children to blind sample sugar-loaded soda drinks vs freshly squeezed lemonade ... chances are they will prefer soda. Fresh fruit juice is all marketing by your own logic correct? ... Americans of the gen x, millennial and gen z demographic generally like sweet, salty, easy to consume produce. Carbs, sugars and processed fats rule. Balance of natural flavours and aromas are utterly lost among the masses, and the food & hospitality industry know this and will continue to exploit it ... The cheaper processed product will always sell more and win out in these blind test & controlled situations as they are designed to get consumers hooked ... I realise as I am typing this, it is in response to one of those who seem perverse in 'bias experiments' and is more interested in pretending to be clever with spurious data gathering rather than enjoying the simple pleasure of drinking good wine ... TLDR; if you are incapable of liking quality French Champagne ... just don't drink it.

@@ahoang9069 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance

@@KokkiePiet Hmm, trolls you like yourself have hit your intellectual ceiling when you resort to wikipedia links (or google) ... That is the equivalent to throwing everything at a wall and see what sticks. Amatuer ...

She might said these are not her expertise...

really didnt need clarifying

Actually it did need clarifying.......... "I'm now going to talk about sparkling wine and Champagne." "Champagne does not regard itself as sparkling wine, it regards itself as Champagne and has a team of lawyers dedicated to protecting the name of Champagne and restricting it to wine made in the Champagne region by the traditional method." The above statement would suggest that we are not allowed to categorise champagne as a sparkling wine due to it being lawyered up. It would have made more sense to mention that while Champagne is indeed a sparkling wine, it is protected by law as only coming from the Champagne wine region of France. Interestingly enough, there are Canadian sparkling wines which call themselves Champagne but are labelled as Canadian Champagne.

@@fabianmckenna8197 think carefully about how the french dont equate champagne as sparkling, irrespective of your opinion

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Agreed. I am in Canada and an English friend introduced me to Cremant - price point is astonishingly lower with much better quality than many Champagnes!

@@Will-yz8zmWhat does being Canadian have anything to do with comparing Cremant to Champagne? ... You do know that Champagne from one maker to another varies significantly in taste, owing much to the ratio of grape varities used to make it and their cost/effort in quality control right?? How can anyone arbitrarily rate a classification of wine over another when the sample window is so limited to a handful of bottles from a supermarket? ... The level of utter inexperience and misinformation spread by so-called wine enthusiasts on the YT comments section is breath taking.

@@ahoang9069 nothing - just that we have heavy taxation on wine/spirits, so price point makes a significant difference.

well, I tried some of these highly praised Englisch sparkling wines, and in my opinion they are among the most overrated in the entire wine world! They are easily as expensive as very good Champagne but qualitywise they cannot compete with the best German sekts or Spanish cavas or cremants from Loire or Burgundy - which all cost not even nearly as much money! My tip: avoid them, they are not worth the hype!!!

The sort of tapered V/Tulip shaped glasses are considered the best right now, though this is a development of the last 10 years. Look up the Riedel Veloce Champagne glass, that general shape is what you are looking for(The brand isn't that just important pick one you like, there are many great options at different price points). Small white wine glasses are better for tasting sparkling wine while flutes preserve the bubbles a lot longer and are better for cocktail party style drinking where you want it to stay refreshing for a longer time. The V-tulip shape is a sort of middle-ground that lets you get your nose in the glass properly but also preserves bubbles which is why it is popular in the best restaurants and such.

Agreed and Sardinian traditional method , very occasionally Aldi have a one-off DOCG Prosecco with very fine bubbles .

top ones beat most super pricey ch. hands down

I don’t suspect much of the good stuff gets exported, probably just the mass produced mega producers like Nyetimber. But it’s the same for us coming to France to buy cheaper champagne there because it doesn’t have duty or English taxes. I pretty much only serve English sparkling wine at home now.

@@davidb6635 Im curious how the value proposition stacks up if you are not in the UK or France. Does Champagne come out on top?

@@itsmederek1 watch Jancis’ video. She comments on exactly that.

@@davidb6635 Do you mean this one?

Yes. Time stamp 6:44

I think Albany sparkling could be it, you heard it here first

The only joke is that opinion.

@@adamg.manning6088 imagine that pizza is the easy way to make money in the catering industry, pizza is your fizzy wine. That's why they all make it, what's more it is served cold and wet, often with little to no flavor. Easy money.

@@Jack42Frost What you’re referring to is the lowest possible, most mass-produced, mass marketed product that doesn’t represent the heights of either category. If that’s all you’ve been exposed to, I’m sorry to hear that because you’re missing out on a world of delicious things. Nobody in the wine industry would ever say Pinot Noir is easy to grow, except perhaps a few producers in the very south of France that have very stable climates and don’t need to worry about frost or hail (and even they would worry about very hot years) and no pizza maker, making what is essentially an artisan bread product would say that mastering hydration and fermentation time is easy or a quick buck. It would be equally ridiculous to say that “all sparkling wine is perfect and infallible”, so we can see how your ignorant statements are patently false.

@@adamg.manning6088 I wouldn't want to upset anyone, I was only making a suggestion. I do sometimes pull out an old bottle of fizzy wine, and I enjoy it like one does. I would point out that one does not have to plant Pinot N. That is a choice, and I am glad people do. I would pose this question to you, would it be easier to make a fizzy or a flat red?

She touches on Sekt a little in her course with us!

@@BBCMaestro Excellent to hear!

You haven't lived! For an older lady with limited strength, I thought that perfectly good, albeit a little awkward. Maybe a mench of Franciacorta in the future?

You do not explain why you believe your comment to be based on facts nor do you include any evidence to support it

Which one?

Don't worry. Not everyone can pleasure a woman. Have you thought of taking up a hobby...?

Korbel is not Champagne ... it is not produced in the Champagne region and not made in the traditional method. It is just commercial liquor store sparking wine for the US market.

Have you had real and quality champagne (a grand cru) it may greatly change your mind

You are talking rubbish mate.

Oh dear another youtube expert on his soapbox with false information ...