Quote Originally Posted by Devmaar View Post
Champagne is sparkling white wine but sparkling white wine is not necessarily champagne.
Champagne is a place in France. Officially, no one is supposed to call sparkling white wine champagne unless it comes from that place in France (at least where they can enforce it), but guess what? Nobody cares. For all intents and purposes, they are one and the same.

Quote Originally Posted by Cobra_Ikari View Post
Also, champagne is...meh. Lightly bitter is how I'd describe the taste. It's almost more of a feel than a taste, though, it's not all that flavorful. I recommend good tequila instead.
Bitter? Not flavourful? What champagne have you been drinking?