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Sparkling wine can be made by two main methods: Cuve Close (tank method) and the superior, but more expensive, bottle fermentation (the champagne method). The wines below have after them either the initials CC to signify 'Cuve Close' or MC to indicate use of the ‘Méthode Champenoise’.

France

Highly recommended for weddings and parties alike is the superlative Saumur from Ackerman Laurence: packed with apple fruit flavours, it is a delicious champagne-method wine.  From the same distinguished stable comes the Marquis de la Cour: quite the best ‘cuve close’ sparkling wine I remember tasting!

Marquis de la Cour  Sparkling Brut  CC
Price: £5.99 
Bin No. SW01

Saumur Remy Pannier  Brut MC
Price: £7.48 Bin No. SW04    

2000  Vouvray Pétillant - Gaston Huet Brut 2000 MC
Price: £13.98 
Bin No. SW05

Italy

Prosecco is rapidly becoming Italy’s most popular sparkling wine. Sealed with a normal cork it is only lightly sparkling and it can be delicious drunk after lunch on a hot summer’s day.

Asti Spumante   Santa Orsola - Dolce  CC
Price: £6.99  
Bin No. SW15

Prosecco   Il Cortigiano - Secco  CC
Price: £5.99  
Bin No. SW45

Spain

Our excellent Cava Castillo Perelada comes from a top producer. Clean, refreshing, but with balancing fruit, it is astonishingly good value for money, and bears little if any resemblance to the soapy flavoured apologies for Cavas in many of the multiples. The Castillo Perelada Rosado is an attractive rosé with good fruit flavour and was chosen out of a cast of hundreds as the official reception drink for the Spanish royal wedding – quite an accolade!  Their flagship Gran Claustro is one of the world’s great sparkling wines: rich, complex, biscuity and very impressive

Castillo Perelada Brut Reserva   MC
Price: £6.49  Bin No. SW23

Castillo Perelada Rosado     Brut Reserva   MC
Price: £6.49  Bin No. SW07

Cava Gran Claustro    Brut - Perelada   MC
Price: £14.98  Bin No. SW21

South Africa

As you would expect from an estate owned by the Cointreau family of Champagne Gosset fame, this complex and biscuity Cape Classique exudes class. With the price of Champagne moving up, this really offers a genuine alternative

 2003 Morgenhoff     Chardonnay/Pinot Noir   MC
Price: £11.99 
Bin No. SW09

Australia

For the Krug of sparkling wines you need look no further than stunning sparkling wines from Taltarni. Their Brut Taché is a delicate salmon-pink rosé that has the acidity and fruit balance that so many cheap Australian fizz patently lack.

McGuigan's Black Label sparkling Chardonnay   TM
Price: £6.99  Bin No. SW18

McGuigan's Black Label sparkling Shiraz (red)   TM
Price: £6.99  Bin No. SW19

Taltarni Taché Rosé  Vintage Brut  MC
Price: £10.99 
Bin No. SW38

Taltarni Brut  Vintage Brut  MC
Price: £10.00 
Bin No. SW39

England

This wine beat Dom Pérignon in a blind tasting and is made from a blend of the classic champagne varieties of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, it is the greatest sparkling wine from outside the champagne region that I have ever tasted.

2000/01 Nyetimber 'Classic Cuvée'  West Sussex  MC
Price: £26.95 
Bin No. SW25

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   Last updated 9th March 2008 © Copyright 2008 Paul Howcroft   Wine descriptions are the intellectual property of Francis Peel © Copyright 2008