When do you, if ever, drink champagne?

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I had a milestone birthday recently and moved house last week. For both of these I have been given a fair few bottles of champagne - ranging from Mumm to Veuve Cliquot/Laurent Perrier. I don't mind champagne, and regularly drink Prosecco at home, but it feels strangely indulgent to drink champagne on a random Saturday night. Yes, I could save it for special occasions but what would they be?

So yes - my question is, if you have champagne in your house, when would you drink it?

Birthdays, good days at work, Christmas, new year, people visiting, end of super tough week.

Christmas, new year, anyone’s birthday, a random Saturday…

I don’t drink regularly so have no qualms over opening a bottle of champagne for no reason other than I want some!

Good news, births, deaths, gcse results, new jobs

We would drink it if we had a reason - birthday, anniversary, Christmas, new year, etc. I think I actually prefer Prosecco or cava so would chose to drink those before champagne.

There is nothing more empowering than cracking open a bottle for no reason, we've been known to celebrate surviving a Tuesday

Christmas, New Year, New House, Exam Results.

Or if you don't think you'll get through it, regift in a nice gift bag at the next wedding you attend!

Most weekends!

My aunt used to have a glass to celebrate doing the hoovering. I like her style.

Whenever we have baked Camembert for some reason. It’s a bit of a tradition.

When I’m not well. A wine merchant I was friendly with once told me that a glass of champagne is the best pick me up ( though the whole bottle would probably have a different effect). He was right.

My first Christmas alone. Children with my ex - I decided to make it a positive occasion & now I drink it every Christmas they are with him. Not a celebration because they are not with me but more of an 'I am a strong, independent woman' thing

My husband is sent a bottle from work for every high day and holiday, so around most high days and holidays. Neither of us particularly likes champagne though, so we usually have a couple of bottles in hand should we need to pop a cork for something - I have 2 lucky dips on the lotto tonight 😁

Normally Christmas day, birthdays etc though if we had it might open it on our home date night

Absolutely this. I can regularly plough through a bottle of Prosecco but find champagne a little too dry. But I like the idea of being truly decadent one Tuesday night!

It only lasts 2 years after bottling for NV, don't keep it too long. Up the side of the label in v small print should say when.

Drink it, it doesn’t keep

We usually have prosecco on a Fri or Sat, so I'd swap in the champagne one of those nights but make sure it's when (eg) the final episode of a show we are binging is on, or a movie we've been dying to see, or if we are trying a new board game.

I mostly drink Cremant as it’s the same thing but cheaper but we went through four bottles over Christmas. Champagne/Cremant I would usually have for birthdays, celebrations or whenever I get it as a gift. As a general rule though I never save things for best. Life is too short

It’s very good with fish and chips, OP.

Hate the stuff. I put it in the risotto.

I work with someone who loves champagne and has a rack of 6 bottles permanently. Any excuse. He makes a point of sourcing it discounted. So he might see 5 bottles of Laurent Perrier at 40% off then there might be a further discount so he will spend 100 pounds having saved 150

If I had a bottle I'd be drinking it right now!

Quite a lot actually.

When we have a quiet Friday evening in.

When we have friends over for lunch. When we go to friends for food.

When we walk the dog to nice pub on a Saturday afternoon.

Plus birthdays, Christmas etc.

We also stock a good cremant - champagne that's not made in the champagne region but using the same grapes/methods. It's usually much cheaper than actual champagne but tastes as good.

(I am much less keen on Prosecco though - sweetened fizz).

I'd say just chill them and enjoy them - don't necessarily save them for special.

Btw you find champagne dry because you're used to sweetened Prosecco.

Be aware that champagne goes off much faster than most wine. We had a ‘special’ bottle we kept on a shelf for ten years and were gutted to discover we’d ruined it by keeping it too long.

Just drink it 😃 Goes very well with fish pie 😋