The best British sparkling wine to serve this summer - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food The best British sparkling wine to serve this summer By You Magazine - July 14, 2019 The Mail on Sunday’s drinks expert Olly Smith picks the home-grown fizz that pops his cork. Balfour 1503 Foxwood Cuvée NV 11 5% £17 50 coop co uk Cracking value for buzzing bubbly that’s fruity and sharp as an apple spliced with a pineapple. Made by Hush Heath (hushheath.com), this Kentish beauty is fulsomely quaffable and the perfect refreshment for afternoon tea. Tesco Finest English Sparkling NV 11 5% £19 tesco com This smashing sparkler is as scented and vivid as a bluebell the size of an oak tree, as lithe and focused as a ninja. Floral, complex and delightfully crisp, it’s sheer refreshment that feels like a classic in the making. Morrisons The Best English Sparkling Brut NV 12% £20 groceries morrisons com Be first in the queue for this new batch. Expect fizz with energetic bubbles, very good depth, plenty of zing and a boost of briskness to your day. Pour this British bubbly with pride. Sainsbury s Taste the Difference English Sparkling Brut 2015 12% £20 50 sainsburys co uk Get your nose in here for a heft of hawthorn. This fab fizz from Denbies (denbies.co.uk) is charged with bright zest, like a lemon in a lightbulb socket, and floral and peppery aromas. A dynamo of deliciousness. Asda Extra Special English Sparkling Brut 2015 12% £21 asda com Fragrant as cow parsley in full bloom, this hedgerow-scented supermarket superstar is luxuriant, moreish and well worth its price point. Zingy and resonant with a discreetly spicy hint, this is rich fine silk for a denim jacket price. Greyfriars Blanc de Noirs NV 11 5% £30 greyfriarsvineyard co uk This is a rich opulent fizz from the Surrey hills with a splice of citrus freshness that feels like a gracious surge of sheer class. If it’s a statement you want to make, this wine will do all the talking for you. Breaky Bottom Cuvée Koizumi Yakumo 2010 12% £36 95 corneyandbarrow com English excellence about as good as it gets. Characterful – downright exuberant – but with poise, class and quality, this is truly world-class wine grown on our very own doorstep. I’ve bought a case already. My latest blush crush Pét-Not Rosé 13% £18 95 vagabondwines co uk I’ve bought several bottles of this stuff. You have to go to a branch of Vagabond wines in London to buy it either to take away (£18.95) or drink in (£29.95) but the trip is well worth it. Made in Battersea from English grapes, in the oldest fizz method around, this prime pink is what I poured for the crew of Saturday Kitchen after a recent show and it was a universal thumbs-up. Sip and savour its splendour. Fizz: 80 Joyful Cocktails And Mocktails For Every Occasion by Olly Smith (Ebury Press, £12.99) is out now. To order a copy for £10.39 until 28 July 2019, call 0844 571 0640; p&p is free on orders over £15. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food Gabriela Peacock 14-day plan Anytime baked eggs May 23, 2021 Joe Wicks’ maple-glazed chicken thighs with Asian slaw June 6, 2021 Mary Berry is returning to TV screens for a brand new June 15, 2021 Eleanor Maidment My summer taste notes July 4, 2021 Uyen Luu’ s sticky mustard marmalade ribs July 25, 2021 Annie Bell’ s white peach bellinis recipe August 8, 2021 M& S has launched a new crunchy Caramilk-inspired golden chocolate spread August 24, 2021 Deliciously preserved pickle and jam recipes September 19, 2021 Gordon Ramsay’ s bang bang cauliflower October 3, 2021 Wow right now Clodagh McKenna’ s speedy family dinners October 24, 2021 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved