Sparkling Wine Question...

[dnovak]

Hi All,

I am new to the board and fairly new at wine drinking. But I have a question I was hoping you could help me with...

A couple that I know that are quite the wine enthusiasts & are quite knowledgeable at the wine industry, had a party on New Years Eve. They served a magnificent sparkling wine named "Vin du Bugey Cerdon" It was fantastic, we all drank it up like there was no tomorrow.

Well I had asked where I could get a hand on a couple of bottles myself (since I heard at one time that if your going to have anything on hand to break open at the last minute - you should have some Champagne on hand or something like it). Well they informed me that they could never find it sold locally, here in the Minneapolis area. That they ordered it through their distributor in New York and that they would order me some the next time they order, this spring.

But since I would like to start off a little sooner than that. I asked for recommendations on alternatives in the meanwhile. They recommended "Seaview Brut" or "Marquis De Perlade" (spelling?). And if I wanted to go sweeter, that I could try an "Asti Spumante" or "Moscato d'Asti".

Now I trust them completely but I thought it wouldn't be bad to get a second or third opinion since their taste in wine is for a much more dryer wine than I. I don't necessarily like syrupy sweet wines but not as dry as their tastes.

Anyway, my question is:
Have you heard of "Vin du Bugey Cerdon"?
And if you have, do you have any ideas of what sparkling wines that are comparable to this wine? Especially wines that are fairly inexpensive like less than $15 a bottle? (That was one contingency I gave my friends and that's why they recommended what they did - with that restriction in mind).

I would appreciate any input...

Sincerely,
David S. Novak