Alcoholic Drinks

£24.69 Lanson Black Label Brut NV Champagne France This excellent champagne from the very popular Lanson Champagne house is made from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. It has a lovely fruity palate, a brilliant freshness and a fine, delicate mousse. The long and slow maturation process in cool cellars gives this champagne finesse and a smooth texture. Try with sushi – it’s excellent! Lans

£24.69 Mumm Cordon Rouge NV Champagne France Made mainly from black-skinned grapes, it has a soft, round biscuity style. Winemaker Dominique Demarville is a young man with a passion for detail and quality and each blend seems better than the last. In the late 19th century, this champagne was decorated with the cordon rouge as a tribute to the Légion d'Honneur. Mumm Cordon Roug

£25.64 Moandeumlt and Chandon Brut Impandeacuterial NV Champagne France Consistently elegant and easy-to-appreciate, this classic champagne is the epitome of style. Still top of the best sellers' list, Moët consistently produces a fresh champagne style, year after year. No celebration would be complete without it! Moandeumlt and Chandon Brut Impandeacuterial NV Champagne France

£30.39 LaurentPerrier Brut LP Non Vintage Champagne France Laurent Perrier is the largest family-owned champagne house and is renowned worldwide. Their non vintage champagne is well worth a try, as it has a deliciously fresh, elegant style. It's made from 45% Chardonnay which gives it length and balance, and the remaining 40% Pinot Noir and 15% Pinot Meunier add fruit and weight. LaurentPerrier Br

£29.44 Pol Roger Brut Reserve NV Champagne France Brilliant champagne from the family-owned Pol Roger champagne house. This elegant champagne, which was once favoured by Sir Winston Churchill, is still family owned and operated. It's a rich Pinot Noir-dominated champagne with a fine mousse and thanks to extra bottle age has a lovely roundness, which our English palates seem to appreciate.

£28.49 Veuve Clicquot Brut NV Champagne France The leading champagne House of Veuve Clicquot sees no stop in popularity of its famous bubbly. With its complex biscuity flavours and fine mousse the Yellow Label of Veuve Cliquout is a given at times of celebration. This Pinot Noir dominated champagne will go well on its own but why not try it with smoked salmon. Veuve Clicquot Brut NV Champa

£33.24 Moandeumlt and Chandon Brut Impandeacuterial Rosandeacute NV Champagne France Rosé champagne is hugely popular here and in France at the moment - this is a fine example. This classic rosé champagne has delicate raspberry and wild strawberry fruit with a hint of freshly baked patisserie. A delicious food wine to partner sushi, salmon caviar, roast duck and Pacific rim cuisine and even dark chocolate. Moande

£33.24 Bollinger Special Cuvandeacutee Brut NV Champagne France Demand for Bollinger outstrips supply. It's not hard to see why - it's superb quality. Ever popular and always superb, Bollinger’s renown is down to its clever blending techniques, whereby a small percentage of reserve wine is kept for 5–10 years before being added to the composition - for a consistently good wine. Bollinge

£35.14 Moandeumlt and Chandon Brut Impandeacuterial 2000 Vintage Champagne France Moët's 65th vintage since 1842 and an excellent year by all accounts. Some unusually warm August weather led to high ripeness levels, lower yields and increased intensity of flavour in the Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. A rich forward vintage which is easy to enjoy. Moandeumlt and Chandon Brut Impandeacuterial 2000 Vintage

£90.25 Cuvandeacutee Dom Perignon 2000 Vintage Champagne France Often spoken of as the King of Champagne, the 2000 Dom Perignon is absolutely delicious with soft fruit flavours and toasty notes. Dom Pérignon is named after the cellarmaster at Hautvillers (1670-1715) who perfected the sparkling wine-making process that created champagne, the drink that we know today. Cuvandeacutee Dom Perignon 2000 V

£13.76 Lanson Black Label Brut NV Champagne France 375cl half bottle A half-bottle of quality Champagne. Lanson is second only to Moët in popularity. This smaller, family-owned company aims for a fresh and crisp style. The wine's zip makes it ideal for parties and as an apéritif, while it is a good foil for canapés such as smoked salmon. Lanson Black Label Brut NV Champagne France 375cl h

£17.09 Waitrose Blanc de Noirs NV Champagne France The best Blanc de Noirs is made only from Pinot Noir. Consistently praised by the press. The family-owned Champagne House Alexandre Bonnet grows its own grapes near Les Riceys in the Aube, the most southerly part of Champagne. Ripe fruit flavours come from selecting only the first pressings, and long lees ageing lends a biscuity character. Wai

£24.69 DuvalLeroy Fleur de Champagne Premier Cru NV France This is a brut (dry) Premier Cru champagne with finesse, just right for any celebration. Champagne has a history of women who have made their mark, and behind this stylish champagne is another, Carol Duval-Leroy. She has personally selected this Fleur de Champagne cuvée for high-class restaurants and Waitrose! DuvalLeroy Fleur de Champa

£30.39 Taittinger Brut Randeacuteserve NV Champagne France Taittinger is one of the few Champagne houses still owned and managed by the family whose name appears on the label. Made from the three classic champagne grape varieties, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, the high proportion of Chardonnay in the blend produces a light style with the emphasis on elegance and finesse. Taittinger Brut Ra

£59.80 Bollinger La Grande Annandeacutee 1999 Vintage Champagne France Bollinger Vintage is produced only in exceptional years, from grand and premier cru vineyards. Only the best fraction of the juice is used. Bollinger ferment the still wine in mature small oak barrels to increase the complexity and ageing potential. A fresh yet full-flavoured opulent champagne with a fine, long, toasty finish. Bollinger La Gra

£39.88 Veuve Clicquot Reserve 2002 Vintage Champagne France A smooth and succulent vintage champagne. Mainly Pinot Noir which gives structure, the blend includes Chardonnay for finesse and a touch of Pinot Meunier for roundness and fruit. A champagne which enhances canapes, starters and light meat and fish recipes. Veuve Clicquot Reserve 2002 Vintage Champagne France

£107.35 Krug Grande Cuvandeacutee NV Champagne France One of the world's top prestige champagnes, Grande Cuvée is the Krug flagship. The hand-picked Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier grapes are pressed and fermented in oak barrels. The second fermentation on yeast lees lasts at least five years. This house believes that to produce the ultimate in quality takes time. Krug Grande

£180.50 Krug Vintage Brut 199596 Vintage Champagne France A truly elegant and very intense vintage Krug. This is a rich, sumptuous and absolutely gorgeous vintage champagne. It has a pale golden colour, seductive white flower aromas and a full, creamy and rich palate with flavours of grapefruit, biscuit and hints of tropical fruits. Krug Vintage Brut 199596 Vintage Champagne France

£85.50 Bollinger Grande Annandeacutee Rosandeacute 1999 Vintage Champagne France A smooth, mellow burgundian style of champagne to be enjoyed with food on special occasions. An unusually 'wine-like' champagne, it tastes more like a mature red burgundy, and is the ultimate luxury food wine, delicious with caviar, smoked salmon, lobster or sushi for that 'no holds barred' romantic tryst. Bollinger Grande Anna

£198.55 Krug Rosandeacute NV Champagne France Stylish Rosé Champagne from renowned Krug This classy Rosé champagne from Krug has all one could ask for: finesse, style and a mouth-watering palate. It’s light and clean expressing pure summer fruit flavours and drinking beautifully at the moment. With its medium body and fine bubbles it is the perfect celebratory drink. K