You’d have to really search hard to spend $50 on a French Champagne and have it be bad. Seriously. There’s different styles, but just about anything in that price range is going to be pretty good.
My favorite is Bollinger.
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If you google almond champagne, a couple of options pop up.
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Be sure to point those options away from people, or serious eye injury could result.
I don’t usually like champagne but I love almond flavor; I may have to try this!
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You’d have to really search hard to spend $50 on a French Champagne and have it be bad. Seriously. There’s different styles, but just about anything in that price range is going to be pretty good.
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Yes. Any French champagne in that price range will be quite good. Taittinger and Bollinger are brands I personally like that are pretty easy to find here.
Another vote for Veuve Cliquot. Bollinger’s not bad either, although I’ve never seen it in the States.
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Another vote for Veuve Cliquot. Bollinger’s not bad either, although I’ve never seen it in the States.
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Total Wine stores have it for around $55, though the first review of it at the link isn’t so appetizing (flavors of nutskin? Ew. 
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Another vote for Veuve Cliquot. Bollinger’s not bad either, although I’ve never seen it in the States.
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Then you haven’t looked very hard. Even in my podunk town I can get NV Veuve, Bollinger, Roederer, Pommery, Moet, Gosset, Krug, Perrier-Jouet, and a few others. All the big names are no problem; it’s when I want something out of the ordinary and boutique that I have a problem.