Dinner party advice needed

[mrdutton]

Missie, welcome to the Wine Board. You've asked a good question and I hope I have a decent answer for you. Here goes:

Champagne - go to your local wine dealer and ask him/her for a reasonably priced champagne produced by the grower. Look at the bottom edge of the label on the champagne. Look for the initials: R.M., which means Recoltant-Manipulant: a grower/producer who vinifies, bottles and markets Champagne from the grapes he grows.

Barring that, try Roederer, Schramsberg, Veuve Clicquot (Non-Vintage), Pommeray, or one that I really like which is not a Champagne: Iron Horse Blanc de Blancs Sparkling Wine from California.

For the shrimps go with a French Chablis or any good Sauvignon Blanc or maybe a Kabinett Riesling. For the Chicken Cordon Bleu, go with a good German Spatlese or Spatlese Halbtrocken Riesling.

That's what I would suggest...........except that I missed dessert, so that is why I've edited my entry. I've added the following suggestion:

There have already been many very good posts here on the wine board concerning flan and dessert wines, so try the search feature and enter FLAN as the search item. You will find plenty of suggestions.

[This message has been edited by mrdutton (edited 11-13-2000).]