The French scientist who invented the Charmat sparkling winemaking process had a high regard for a rich widow in the village of Vernay. Fashioned from grapes grown to some of France's most exquisite winegrowing districts, Cuvee Veuve de Verney has been awarded many accolades and medals throughout it's illustrious history. A finely beaded, delightfully fresh and delicate sparkling wine with charming fruit characters, crafted from an assemblage of the noble Chardonnay with proportions of Chenin Blanc, Folle Blanche, and Ugni Blanc.

A Champagne brand is ultimately judged on the quality of its non Vintage Brut. It is in the making of such a wine where Veuve Clicquot excels. An assemblage of fruit from as many as sixty different Crus, Yellow Label reflects stately vineyards and consistency of style from year to year. The predominance of Pinot Noir provides the structure that is so essential to Clicquot, while a touch of Pinot Meunier rounds out the blend. Chardonnay adds the elegance and finesse essential in a perfectly balanced wine.

A comely impression of Champagne, thrillingly pink and satiatingly vibrant in the revered Veuve Clicquot styling, the first choice to accompany fine gourmandise and an intuitive choice for all romantic celebrations. Fashioned from the holy trinity of noble grapes, dominated by components of Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier with a third of Chardonnay, vinified from fruit grown to sixty different villages and a variety of Crus. Clicquot's superb rose blush with coppery accents brings an additional touch of audacity, modernity and eroticism to your intimate tête-à-tête or wanton soirée.

Madame Clicquot excelled at producing the finest of Champagne in her day. Grapes from as many as sixty different Crus, mainly prestigious Grands and Premiers Crus, are assembled into Yellow Label. Whilst the balance of fruit varies slightly from year to year, the Chef de Caves achieves a total consistency of taste, which makes Yellow Label so immediately recognisable, so utterly reliable, in terms of quality, visage and bouquet. Exhibiting the most remarkable balance and exquisite freshness to taste, replete with structure, elegance and finesse.

This exceptional wine is dominated by components of Pinot Noir from the Grands Crus at Ay, Vallee de la Marne, Verzenay and Verzy, Ambonnay and Bouzy in the Montagne de Reims. The cuvee includes a smaller component of Chardonnay from three Grands Crus along the Cote des Blancs, Avize, Ogerand and Le Mesnil-sur-Ogerin. A wine which heightens the sensory perceptions, La Grande Dame is the quintessence of the Veuve Clicquot style, drawing it's magnificence through a dominance of Pinot Noir.

The holy trinity, mostly Pinot Noir with a third of Chardonnay and the balance Pinot Meunier. The selection of fruit is crucial to the integrity of the finished wine. A total of seventeen Grand Cru or Premier Cru from distinguished vineyards in the Montagnede Reims, including Grand Cru Pinot Noir from Verzenay and Premier Cru Pinot Meunier from Ludes, Grand Cru Pinot Noir from Aÿ in Grande Vallee de la Marne and Grand Cru Chardonnay from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger on Cote des Blancs, one of the finest Chardonnay vineyards in all France.

Veuve Clicquot can be judged on the quality of its Brut non vintage. It is in the making of such a wine that the true Art of Champagne reveals itself. This is an art in which the House of Veuve Clicquot excels. Yellow Label reflects the superb vineyards and the consistent nature of the House style. The predominance of Pinot Noir provides the structure that declares itself as Clicquot, while a touch of Pinot Meunier rounds out the palate. Chardonnay adds the elegance and finesse, essential to such a perfectly balanced wine.

Champagne can mature for decades, reaching a number of perfection peaks along the way. Cave Privee is a limited release of Veuve Clicquot's finest vintages as they reach those peaks of perfection. After seventeen years on lees and two under cork, disgorged to order, individually marked and dated, Cave Privee is treated to a bespoke doseage. Combining the nobility and freshness of Veuve Clicquot 1988 with the power and concentration of Veuve Clicquot 1989, Cave Privee 1990 is the last in a series of three consecutive great Champagne vintages.

From the fully mature Rocca delle Macie estate vineyards at the southwest of Chianti Classico. The strictly sanctioned accord of Sangiovese, Merlot and Canaiolo, treated to an old world style of vinification and filled to French oak for an extended term of maturation. It is here amongst the ancient communes of Castellina, that local growers have been treading and finishing their wines in the good old fashioned packaging which brought the joy of Chianti to the world. A delightfully palatable tradition in the smooth and moreish red wine that's designed for Osso bucco, Cacciatore and Milanese.

Bodegas Vega Sicilia came into prominence after significant prize wins at the 1929 Barcelona World Fair. Today, the wines of Vega Sicilia are feted by the international industry press for their complexity, intensity and longevity, amongst the finest in the world.

Vega Sicila Valbuena was inaugurally vintaged in 1915, crafted in the style of the Rioja wines of the day, treated to an extended ageing in oaken vats and bottled to order. The first editions were distributed amongst the upper classes and bourgeoisie, but not for commercial purposes. Originally planned as a gift to friends of Vega Sicilia, Valbuena has since become an icon wine and national treasure.

The history of Bodegas Vega Sicilia began in 1848, when Toribio Lecanda bought a 2,000 hectare property from the Marquis of Valbuena. In 1864, Eloy Lecanda established the wineworks which epitomise the romance of Tempranillo. Vega Sicilia continue to deliver concentrated and elegant wines.

The inhospitable uplands of Ribera del Duero are ideal for viticulture, parched rocky soils and frigid climes compel the rugged vines to extract maximum nourishment and yield harvests of reduced berries, endowed with extraordinary intensity and lined with muscular tannins. Vega Sicilia was established 1864 with a view to emulating the great growths of Bordeaux. Merlot and Malbec performed well but it was the native Tempranillo which offered the masculinity and dominance of character to formulate the backbone of a wine, offering powerful fruit and profound, statuesque structure.

Vega Sicila Valbuena was inaugurally vintaged in 1915, crafted in the style of the Rioja wines of the day, treated to an extended ageing in oaken vats and bottled to order. The first editions were distributed amongst the upper classes and bourgeoisie, but not for commercial purposes. Originally planned as a gift to friends of Vega Sicilia, Valbuena has since become an icon wine and national treasure.

The history of Bodegas Vega Sicilia began in 1848, when Toribio Lecanda bought a 2,000 hectare property from the Marquis of Valbuena. In 1864, Eloy Lecanda established the wineworks which epitomise the romance of Tempranillo. Vega Sicilia continue to deliver concentrated and elegant wines.

Spain's most prestigious winemaking estate was founded in 1864 by Don Eloy Lecanda y Chaves. He planted the Bordeaux varietals Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Malbec, as well as the local Tinto Fino or Tempranillo, to the arid Ribera soils just east of Valladolid. The Bodega is now source to Spain's most distinguished wines, renowned for their complexity, intensity and longevity.

Established 1864 with a view to crafting fine distillates, Bodegas Vega Sicilia sourced eighteen thousand plantings of Cabernet, Merlot and Malbec from Bordeaux, to be used in the making of brandy and Ratafia. In 1876 Vega Sicilia won an appointment to the Spanish royal family, further awarded in 1880 with Grand Cross of Isabel for services to Spain, decades before the birth of the Tempranillo wine which was to make Vega Sicilia so famous.

Traditionally in Spain, the few wineries that bottled their own fruit, most sold straight from cask, denoted Reserva Especial they represented an assemblage of the finest harvests, the most representative work of the winery. A cepage of varying proportions, Tempranillo and Merlot, Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon, treated to an extended maturation in a selection of new and seasoned, French and American oak casks and larger format vats for many years. The oak vessels themselves are a critical part of the vinification, coopered within the very grounds of the Vega Sicilia wineworks.

A blend of different Unicos from three superb vintages, aged at least fifteen years. Reserva Especial can include grapes from harvests more than thirty years apart and usually only available to private enthusiasts under strict allocation. One of the world's great first growths, Reserva Especial adheres to the ancient Spanish practice of bringing together wines of different years to retain a profound estate style.

Reserva Especial is unquestionably a unique wine, one of the great Spanish classics. Its personality is derived from the quality of fruit, extravagant ageing and uncompromising care for detail. From a universal perspective, the peculiarity of character defines Reserva Especial as a very Spanish wine, it receives respect at the very mention of its name. All the efforts of Vega Sicilia command reverence, wines of the greatest elegance, long lived wonders which are renowned for maintaining their youthful fruit character as they evolve complexity for decades.

Unico Cosecha is a very long lived wine. Components of Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec or Merlot, vary from vintage to vintage, retaining a remarkable youthfulness of fruit and seamless integration with oak after ten years ageing under the Vega Sicilia cellars.

In 1864, Eloy Lecanda established the vineyard and founded the winery that is the golden standard in Spanish red wine. Throughout its long and distinguished history, Vega Sicilia has belonged to different owners, although it has always maintained an unquestionable personality, making concentrated, evolved and fully mature, majestic Tempranillo wines.

The estate flagship, Unico Cosecha shares provenance with the world's great wines. Vinified from old vines Tempranilo and Cabernet Sauvignon, Unico Cosecha retains remarkable fresh fruit characters well into decades of ageing due to it's refined acidity and solid alcohol content. A national treaure that commands and receives respect at it's very mention, Unico Cosecha is treated to an extended ageing in a selection of estate coopered casks and barriques. Renowned for longevity, complexity, intensity and length, one of the world's great first growths.

Vega Sicilia is unquestionably a unique wine, one of the great Spanish classics. It's personality is derived from the quality of fruit, rigour at elevage and uncompromising attention to detail throughout vinification. From a universal perspective, the peculiar characteristics of Unico Cosecha define it as a very Spanish wine, a living national treaure that commands and receives respect at it's very mention. Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Merlot, a complex but profound cepage of great elegance and finesse, with the capacity to evolve for a very long time.

Spain's most prestigious winemaking estate was founded in 1864 by Don Eloy Lecanda y Chaves. He planted the Bordeaux varietals Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Malbec, as well as the local Tinto Fino or Tempranillo, to the arid Ribera soils just east of Valladolid. The Bodega is now source to Spain's most distinguished wines. Unico is treated to an extended ageing in a selection of estate coopered casks and barriques. The wines of Vega Sicilia are renowned for their complexity, intensity and longevity, amongst the finest in the world.

The wines of Vega Sicilia are renowned for their complexity, intensity and longevity, amongst the finest in the world. The definitive, long lived Spanish Tempranillo wine and the estate flagship, the unique personality of Unico Cosecha is derived from the quality of fruit and uncompromising attention to detail.

From the prestigious Valdobbiadene district in the Alpines of Veneto, Marca Oro is the jewel in the Vlado Prosecco crown. The excellence of Valdo stems from the care taken at every stage of the winemaking process, perfect ripening of grapes whilst on the vine, closely managed ferments, bottling and elevage. The Valdo estate cellars are not just a place to age the estate's superlative wines, they are a place of inspiration where passion and innovation, technology and tradition combine to produce Prosecco of extraordinary quality and singular provenence.