Ed McCarthy, author of Champagne for Dummies, offers his picks of good champagnes in the $20 range and those worth the splurge at $60 and up.
Good champagnes in the $20 range:
Jacquesson (one of the great underrated houses)
Cattier
Piper-Heidsieck
Pol Roger
Champagnes worth the splurge at $60 and up:
Krug
Roederer Cristal
Bollinger
Gosset
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