Burgundy Bubbles for Less

Ever wondered how to enjoy premium French bubbly without the eye-watering price tag? Welcome to a sparkling discovery that might just change your holiday wine shopping strategy.

The wine world is experiencing something unusual – a 10% drop in sales that's creating hidden opportunities for savvy shoppers. I recently stumbled upon the Emile Chasson Cremant de Bourgogne Brut, normally $18 in stores and up to $24 online, for just $9.99. This 100% Chardonnay sparkling wine from Burgundy's legendary vineyards delivers everything you'd want from a premium bubbly without the premium price.

What makes this find so special? Cremant follows the same traditional method as Champagne but comes from outside that famous region. The Emile Chasson winery traces its roots to the 1600s, with the current ownership dating back to 1868. This historical expertise translates directly into your glass – crisp acidity, balanced flavors, and that elegant effervescence that makes sparkling wine so irresistible. As I mentioned while sipping it, this is a wine that simply "says drink me" – approachable, delicious, and remarkably high-quality.

This discovery highlights a broader opportunity. With wine sales dropping, retailers are offering unprecedented discounts to move inventory. Now is the perfect time to scan your local wine shop advertisements for similar bargains before the holiday rush begins. These wines will easily keep until your year-end celebrations, allowing you to enjoy champagne-quality experiences while keeping it deliciously affordable. Have you found any exceptional wine bargains lately? I'd love to hear about your discoveries – and cheers to keeping it cheap without sacrificing quality!

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introducing the Emile Chasson Cremant
• 1:22 What Makes a Cremant Special
• 2:43 Burgundy Vineyards and Quality Value
• 4:50 Holiday Wine Shopping Tips
• 6:03 Final Thoughts and Wine Recommendation

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:02

Hi, it's Domain Dave from CheapWineFightercom, where we write up reviews on the website and then we switch over and we do a podcast, maybe a little supplemental podcast, and that's what we're doing now. And the wine we reviewed is the Emile Chasson Cremant de Bourgogne Brut. It's a wine I found for $9.99. It's an $18 wine at the store. What's going on right now is there's sales of wine, spirits, beer are down like 10% and there are little really good sales here and there in wine shops that get people to come in the door and anytime you can get a really fine bubbly from France for $8 off and more. On the web. I've seen this thing go for $23, $24. And it's a legitimately good Cremant. I'm going to take a sip.

Speaker 1: 1:07

We'll talk about what a Cremant is. Well, first of all, this is a sparkling wine that's 100% Chardonnay from Burgundy. A Cremant is a sparkling wine from France, made in the traditional Champagne style that isn't from vineyards and made in Champagne. Champagne is trademarked and all that. If it's not grown and made in Champagne, it can't be called Champagne, except for a few kind of weird exceptions. But Cremant is sparkling wine from everywhere else, I mean, and it's the traditional style. There's also one in the Charmat method, which is how Prosecco is made, and that's a different name. But this is the Champagne style. One of the differences is the minimums. In Champagne, the second fermentation has to be at least 18 months. But this is a champagne style, but one of the differences is the minimums in the champagne, the second fermentation has to be at least 18 months. In Cremant it has to be a minimum of nine months, but there's no reason why a producer can't go over that.

Speaker 1: 2:18

And this Emile Chasson Cremant, I think, did they kind of? They're kind of putting this up? The website was entirely in French. I had the internet translated for me, but it didn't have too much about it. It didn't even have this wine and I had to search out some information about it and no one said what their details are, and in France they don't really do that. You've got to know that this is a winery that's been around since the 1600s and the current owner's been there from 1868, I think. So they you're supposed to know. If you're from France, you know what they make. This is your local guy. They don't have to spell it out to you. I'm taking another sip. This is a good bubbly.

Speaker 1: 3:14

The vineyards in Burgundy, which is the home of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir and makes some of the best Chardonnays and Pinot Noir in the world. I mean, it's a great place for wine, has elite vineyards Now Champagne has very famous vineyards too, and there's a layer of chalk under the soil that brings, brings up certain characteristics, but it's hard to complain about the vineyards and burgundy. So you're not really losing anything. And plus you're getting a winemaker who's been around since 1868 well, he hasn't, but the winery's been around. You're getting a quality wine for less money. I get 18 bucks at the original price, you know, and that's not a bad price during the holiday, especially when you're paying 40 for entry-level champagnes. And this thing has all you want.

Speaker 1: 4:14

This is quality Chardonnay and it tastes great. It's crisp, it's got good acidity, the flavors are subtle but balanced and actually very tasty. This is a wine that you want to take another sip. This is a. This is one of those bubblies that just says drink me, and it's kind of fun to drink too, which you know. Often, when you're spending so much money for champagne, you don't call them fun, it's fun. It's supposed to be a little bit, you know, a higher purpose. Actually, I've got it for $10. This is super fun, but when you're getting a good quality bubbly and it's a good price on top of that, I think that's big fun.

Speaker 1: 5:05

So this is a time you might want to start just checking out the sales ads for your local wine shops. You're going to find one. I already found my next one, a 30 wine they were selling for 8.99. That's going to be in a couple of days. At the same time, I searched around. I found this 18 wine for 9.99. They're out there all of a sudden just because the sales are down. There's grapes on the market that never available for people to make wine out of, and they're available now. This is good. I should probably shut up and start drinking the wine, which maybe you should go out and buy some too, and maybe we can drink some together. So, adios, keep it cheap. This is just a good time to start looking for what you want for the holidays November, december. If you buy them now, you find a bargain. Now you can put them away for there. These things will last plenty long to get you to the holidays.

Speaker 1: 6:05

And, like I said, this is the Emile Chasson. Chasson is, I think that's how it's pronounced C-H-E-Y-S-S-O-N. Fremont de Bourgogne Brut, a nice dry bubbly of Chardonnay. So there you go. This is Domain Dave, keep it cheap. I'll be talking to everybody about my big bargain in a couple of days. So adios, bye-bye.