Whatever happened to dom perignon ?

[Mikey]

Back in the 70's and 80's dom perignon was everywhere in TV shows and movies to express ones richness.

Seems like today it's been all but forgotten

[Mego MkIV]

I guess it became passe,but your right I remember Jake and Elwood drinking it in The Blues Brothers.

[J.B.]

[wayne foundation 07]

Thats great!!!!!

[Zemo]

I think Dom and Perrier-Jouet are still top of the line.

[wayne foundation 07]

From what I've seen on "Cribs" Cristal is now the thing to have

[Zemo]

^That looks to be about right at 286. Dom being about 202 and Perrier-Jouet 136-276 depending on which bottle.

[Brazoo]

I think maybe it just became too cliche to use as a reference and not very stylish, maybe? Like caviar use to be the go to rich-person reference before. I think now it's been replaced with exotic bottled water brands - at least according to recent Adam Sandler movies.

I remember when I watched "The Queen of Versailles"*, the 'Queen' bought herself $1000 worth of caviar to eat on Christmas morning, and I remember how crazy and cliche that seemed for a real person to do.

* An incredible documentary (my personal favorite movie from last year) about one of America's richest families dealing with the financial market crash of 2008

[Brazoo]

J.B.'s mego comic is amazing!

[Duncan]

Never had Dom, Cristal or Perrier-Jouet. I've had Moet & Chandon (liked) and Veuve Clicquot (didn't like). Veering somewhat away from the original topic: I've found that I like frizzante wines with a little residual sugar better than brut Champagne. However, my current kick is Redstone's Sunshine Nectar, which is a carbonated mead (honey wine) with apricot puree added after fermentation. It's not excessively sweet, and the apricot works really well with the honey. Interestingly, I think it's best two days after the bottle has been opened.

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[vulcan2074]

Funny story. My sister had given me a bottle of Dom back in 2000 and I didnt drink it intil 2003. It really wasn't all that. Blah!
Sammy