Special Cuvee stands as one of the most distinguished entry level Champagnes. Family owned and run, Bollinger is dedicated to producing a consistent and distinctive style. To reinforce this commitment, Bollinger launched it's own Charter of Ethics and Quality which guarantees the continuity of style and refinement. Grapes for Special Cuvee are sourced from thirty Crus, approximately 75% of which are estate vineyards. Dry and assertive, powerful and fine, Special Cuvee remains consistently a pure expression of fine Champagne.

It is a well kept secret among cohorts, that Bollinger make magnificent red wines, such as the legendary Cote aux Enfants du Aÿ. Bollinger are one of the very few Maisons de Champagne to make use of oak barrel ferments, enriching the palate length and enhancing depth of flavour. An extended term of bottle age on lees, makes a marvelous contribution to the aromaticness and textural complexity. The pick of Pinot Noir from the prestigious Poirier Saint-Pierre and Montboeuf blocks in Verzenay, make an essential inclusion to Bollinger Brut Rosé.

Madame Bollinger sanctioned Récemment Dégorgé for inaugural vintage 1967, affording true aficianados the opportunity to savour the excellence of Bollinger after being infused with the richness of six years bottle age on yeast lees. Dominated slightly by a larger proportion of Aÿ and Verzenay, Bouzy and Tauxières Pinot Noir, the ancient Crus of Cramant and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger and Cuis for Chardonnay. Treated to the extravagance of barrel ferments and minimal Extra Brut Doseage of three grams per liter, RD is James Bond’s favourite Champagne.

Ay and Verzenay for Pinot Noir. Avize, Chouilly and Mesnil-sur-Oger for Chardonnay. 95% Grands Cru, 5% Premier, 5% Cote aux Enfants. Bollinger have never compromised their traditions, demanding nothing but the elite of Grands and Premiers Crus. A strict selection of harvest, the extended cellar ageing, manual riddling and disgorgement. Pinot Noir dominates the Cepage, it defines La Grande Annee Rose and contributes vinosity, masculinity, complexity and strength. Pinot Meunier imparts freshness, elegance and finesse.

La Grande Annee is the prestige vintage Cuvee of Bollinger, a beautifully rounded wine, rich and complex with an intense palate and compelling aromas. Only ever produced when harvests of the most exceptional quality are realized, La Grande Annee is the embodiement of Champagne. The ultimate indulgence from a great vintage year, the achievement of superior old vines fruit, treated to a regimen of artisanal vinification techniques, before a term of patient elevage and remuage under the ancient Bollinger chalk cellars.

The essential Victorian Methode traditionelle, from vines surrounded by the blue hued Pyrenees, so named for their beauty and similarity to the dividing ranges bordering France and Spain. French eccentricity was the genesis behind Blue Pyrenees Estate, it remains central to the winemaking philosophy. Entrepreneur Francois Henri was so inspired by the picturesque blue hills that he commissioned a painting which has since become the famous label. A cépage of the holy trinity, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, a healthy tranche of Meunier.

The production of Methode traditionelle has been an essential part of the winemaking at Blue Pyrenees for many years, the original raison d'être. Established 1963 by the Champagne houses of Charles Heidsieck and Krug, an adherence to the transcendent French influence of the founders is central. In 1992, the Blue Pyrenees team decided to experiment with hand picking their fruit, under floodlights, in the middle of the night. The results were amazing, a most memorable vintage of outstanding quality, Midnight Cuvée was born.

Blue Pyrenees have achieved the truly timeless, sparkling western districts style, a wine of perfect balance, in the tradition of the finest Methode traditionelle. Luna was fashioned with a view to retaining the consistency of the refined and elegant house style. To this end, components from earlier vintages are held back to blend with the current season, maintaining the excellence expected of Blue Pyrenees. Its lemon freshness, shortbread and boulangère richness, linger long and satisfying on the creamy, peach and kernel fruit finish.

The Black Chook team have been to woop woop and back, way past the black stump and all through the outback. They've sourced grapes from the finest sites, almost losing themselves amongst the vines to find the right fruit. Bundles of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from hand chosen vineyards are fashioned into a splendid experience in effervescence by the intrepid and illustrious team at Galvanized Wine Group. An exquisitely balanced, creamily textured sparkler with generosity of flavour, to match with smart nibbles or your favourite recipe roast chook.

One of the last familial Houses of Champagne, the story begins with the wedding of Nicolas François Billecart and Elisabeth Salmon. The marriage lead to the founding of the distinguished Champagne House of Billecart-Salmon, established 1818 at Mareuil-sur-Aÿ. Two centuries later, the seventh generation still manages the company and oversees the crafting of each individual bottle. Dominated by Pinot Noir from Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Aÿ and the Montagne de Reims, tempered by the elegance and subtlety of the Cote des Blancs Chardonnay.

The finest Champagne can only be crafted slowly, and with infinite patience. Since inaugural release Grande Cuvee has exposed its graceful figure to an elite retinue of informed wine lovers. This great Champagne, produced from the finest sites of selected Grands crus, comes into its own after spending ten years in bottle under the estate's Chais at Mareuil-sur-Ay. Billecart-Salmon earns the title of Grand Cru through a meticulous selection of grapes, crafted into the most exclusive matrimony of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

Billecart Salmon is one of the most generous Champagne, a harmonious and balanced wine, the achievement of immense personal care throughout the vinification and élevage under traditional chalk cellars. Parcels of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier, across several different vintages from the best vineyards along La Rivière Marne, are fashioned into a timeless and refined Cuvée which has remained unchanged since 1945. Elegance and a full vinous palate, an exquisite wine that's just right for every one of life's opportune occasions.

Established by Nicolas François in 1818, Billecart Salmon is known within France and around the globe for fashioning the most elegant Champagnes, fully rounded Cuvees with the cleanest palate and eternal, seemingly ageless styling. A Non Vintage assemblage of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier, expressing characters of biscuit, fruits and nut.

One of Tasmania's most praiseworthy efforts, Bay of Fires expresses fully the exceptional quality of fruit grown to superior vineyards, nurtured exclusively for the production of world class sparkling wines which exhibit classically structured palates and the most splendid texture. A top shelf effort made to true Methode Traditionelle, Bay of Fires is reverently crafted by the stars of the Hardy winemaking team, rested for years on lees sediment, to develop a luxurious mouthfeel and infuse the wine with elegance, rich fruit character and layers of complexity.

There are very few vineyards which take sparkling wine so seriously as to plant Pinot Meunier, the third grape variety in the holy trinity of the noble Methode Champenoise. Fruit is selectively whole bunch pressed for creamyness and complexity, mollified by malolactic, stirred for palate richness and filled to sediments bottle for three full years yeast lees maturation. Brimming with brioche, apricots and apple flan, its largess of indulgent fruit charactors and beguling perfumes, undulate and evolve along a long, fine bead of crunchy stonefruit flavours, creme fondant and crisp minerality.

Balgownie's Yarra Valley vineyards were planted in 2003 to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, with a view to exploiting the slow ripening temperate climes and rich soils of the region for the creation of exquisite and stylish sparkling wines. Vinified to a combination of new and old world winemaking techniques, the tradtional cepage of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir is partially barrel fermented in seasoned oak before being treated to a term of extended lees contact, infusing the palate with rich yeasty brioche characters and refined textural creaminess.

An exquisite accord of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, picked off the finest sparkling wine vineyards on the Murray Darling. An early picking, gentle processing of the purest free run juices and long cool ferment is followed by a luxurious course of sedimentery yeast lees ageing, achieving a wine of generosity and richness. Magnificently balanced between creamy biscuit characters, apple flan, stonefruits and tangy lemon creams, the Pinot Noir contributes a palate of ripe strawberry characters, winegums and cherries jublilee.

The House of Arras make the most sophisticated sparkling Rose style, a magnificent mousse of salmon hued indulgence, achieved through a scrupulous selection of harvests, an uncompromising approach to vinification and extended term of bottle age on sedimentery yeast lees. The fragrant red fruits of Pinot Noir dominate, the layered complexity of applejack, rhubarb and bakers spice, all supported by a juicy orchard acidity, a modest frame of flattering tannins and the toothsome creamyness of liqueur expedition dosage.

Arras Grand Vintage is a wine of outstanding peerage, fashioned from the fruit of superior sites, enriched by the great complexity of character that follows six years tirage. A tapestry of flavours and aromatics suspended within an elegant mousse, Arras is artisanaly crafted from the noble Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to true Methode traditionelle. After several years resting on lees and an extended bottle maturation, this peerless wine from Tasmania's finest vineyards, carries the distinction of a world class, effervescent Cuvée.

The first of its kind, a salient example demonstrating the values of meticulous winemaking and a commitment to extended tirage maturation. Crafted in what was to eventually become the established Arras housestyle, employing the best vinification and viticultural methods to achieve wine of the highest quality. Following ten years tirage, EJ Carr Late Disgorged presents the original 1998 Arras in a new guise, a cuvee filled with layers of complexity and intensity. EJ Carr displays all the elegance, power and vibrancy of world class sparkling wine.

The House of Arras is built on the exceptional quality of fruit grown to the most superlative cold climate Tasmanian vineyards and an uncompromising standard of vinification techniques mastered over decades. Nothing less than the pinnacle of artisanal Australian sparkling winemaking is permitted to be bottled behind the Arras label. Slowly tiraged for a period of no fewer than five years, Brut Elite shows great complexity from the extended aging while exhibiting a brightness of fruit and structural elegance representative of truly world class sparkling wine.

Andrew Garrett Pinot Chardonnay has established an enviable reputation for quality and consistency. Years after founder entrepreneur Andrew Garrett parted with his fledgling estate, this unctuos sparkling Cuvee continues to represent heightened flavour profiles at an accessible pricepoint. A soft, well balanced sparkler from premium vineyards, exhibiting exciting effervescence, and a dry yet ripe fruit palate which expresses the natural varietal characters of the Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, in contemporary methode mousseaux styling.

The finest Champagne cannot be manufactured, it is created. For Alfred Gratien, the creative process begins right in the vineyard. Alfred Gratien boasts a proud tradition, disregarding the mass produced ethos and fashions of modern times. What you get is a hand crafted Champagne of great quality and uniqueness. Cuvee Brut Classique clearly displays the style of Alfred Gratien. One of very few Champagnes to be dominated by the fruity Pinot Meunier, combined with the masculinity of Pinot Noir and the elegance of Chardonnay.

A boldly Pinot Noir and Meunier dominant Cuvée with just a soupçon Chardonnay, all hand picked off vines grown to a site made famous as one of the first sightings of a Tasmanian tiger Thylacinus cynocephalus. Frogmore Creek at Campania in Coal River Valley yields the finest sparkling wine grapes on the apple Isle. 42° South is given the full luxury treatment, an extended ageing on lees extracts exceptional richness from sediments, to be followed by disgorgement and doseage in true Methode traditionelle.