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Welcome to Champagne Madness where 8 champagnes enter and but only one can take home the title of CHAMPION! I picked up some more expensive champagnes and some not so expensive champagnes and faced them off in a march madness style bracket to answer the question - Is expensive champagne worth the hype?

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00:00 - Opener
00:14 - What is a champagne bracket?
01:46 - Meet the players
02:20 - A quick "what is champagne?"
03:05 - Round of 8, Heat 1: Cristal vs Cooks
04:17 - Heat 2: Dom vs Gruet
06:59 - Heat 3: Argyle vs Perrier
08:15 - Heat 4: Moet vs Veuve
10:05 - Final Four, Heat 1: Argyle vs Cristal
13:11 - Heat 2: Veuve vs Dom
14:59 - Championship Round: Cristal vs Dom
17:31 - Winner announced
17:53 - After game report
19:29 - Sign off

Champagnes in competition (From most to least expensive):
$309.00 - Louis Roederer Cristal Brut 2013
$269.00 - Dom Pérignon Vintage 2010 Brut
$199.99 - Pirrier-Jouet Brut
$69.99 - Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut
$56.99 - Moët & Chandon Impérial Brut
$22.99 - Argyle Brut
$16.99 - Gruet Brut
$10.32 - Cooks Brut

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