[tortoise]

All future bottles of bubbles will come from the Golden State of CA and vodka from Poland (Chopin).

The best bubbly made is Italian prosecco. You can get yourself into a very nice bottle for about $15-20. The closest comparable stuff from other places is in the stratosphere pricewise. I collect very fine wines from all around the world, but the French have nothing on the Italians when it comes to bubbly, and nobody comes remotely close to the quality for the price.

[Grim]

The best bubbly made is Italian prosecco.

I've never had Prosecco but a number of California winemakers make some very fine sparkling wine: Schramsburg, S. Anderson and Pacific Echo.

[KineticKitty]

I am not big on wine... but while stationed in Germany, (barring maybe the icewine) Italian wines always put French and German wine to shame in my book. Bar none.