English Sparkling arguably came before Champagne, with Christopher Merret demonstrating to the Royal Society how to add fizz to wine some 30 years before the monk Dom Pérignon reported "tasting the stars". But it's in the last decade that quality has rocketed and so have sales. Barbara Laithwaite's Wyfold and the Robert's family's South Ridge sparkling wines are top tips, worthy of any special occasion.
English Quality Sparkling Wine
Follow-on vintage of this Trophy-winning English Sparkling Rosé, with gorgeous berry fruit intensity
English Quality Sparkling Wine
Double Gold English fizz from a Trophy-winning estate on the Thames terraces of South Oxfordshire
English Quality Sparkling Wine
A superb pink fizz from this multi Trophy-winning Oxfordshire estate. Delicious elegance and length
£29.99 a bottle