A blend of Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, with about 10% Chardonnay to give a dash of elegance. Considerably better than some widely available cheap Grandes Marques, and very consistent in quality and value.

A blend of Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, with about 10% Chardonnay to give a dash of elegance. Considerably better than some widely available cheap Grandes Marques, and very consistent in quality and value.

Bottled in a clear glass bottle which shows off the very pretty pink hue of this excellent champagne. Delicately fruity, fresh, light and dry, it is extraordinarily good for the price.

Domaine des Hauts Perrays Crémant de Loire is simply superb. A crémant made in the Loire from chenin blanc, chardonnay and cabernet franc grapes, it has a touch of the warm brioche and honeyed scent you mig...(read more)

98% Pinot Auxerrois & 2% Pinot Blanc

This is a lovely bready, yeasty fizz with lots of ripe fruit, peach, pear and apple and a creamy toasty core. Easy going with definite richness on the finish, this is a really easy drinker.

Bright fresh and zippy with rich citrus, peach and white flowers, palate has nice intensity with Apple, lemon and peach fruit, crisp and lively, decent mousse, good length.

Coates & Seely Brut Reserve NV Hampshire, England goes from strength to strength. It’s a pinot-based blend and carries a suggestion of fresh walnuts and cherries with a sappy energy and rapier acidity

Based on the 2017 vintage, with a 62% Chardonnay, 29% Pinot Noir, 9% Pinot Meunier mix and a tweak of 10% reserve wine, which certainly makes itself heard, this is a strongly perfumed and robustly flavoured sparkler with...(read more)

Our friends at Langham have really dug down into the detail of their vineyards to create a couple of fascinating new cuvées. This is the Culver and it promotes the Pinots (66% Noir & 24% Meunier) and as a resu...(read more)

Cream, crisp apple and baked toast – loads of flavour here, and seriously good value as a consequence. There’s an almost nutty sort of finish – really very complex and interesting. Very good.

Delicately pink sparkling wine from the Prosecco region, blended with 15% Cabernet Sauvignon making for a very attractive and quaffable 'aperitivo'.