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Sparkling White 

 

NV 42º South Sparkling Chardonnay Pinot Noir   Delicious Tasmanian sparkling; elegant yet complex, with the purity and zest we expect from a cool-climate sparkling wine   $22.50 per bottle

NV Bay of Fires Tigress Pinot Chardonnay    "Baby Arras...Terrific value" - Matthew Jukes, 2005 Top 100 Wines; James Halliday - 91 points; Tyson Stelzer - 90 points; Peter Forrestal, Top 100 Drops - 17.0 points      $22.95 per bottle

NV Brown Brothers Pinot Noir Chardonnay Pinot Meunier    "THIS IS THE BEST BUBBLES UNDER $20 MADE IN AUSTRALIA, NO QUESTION" - Paddy Kendler; Trophy Best Sparkling 2009 National Wine Show; "This makes yet another award winning appearance, this time for unmatched value" - The Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide, Best Value Sparkling Wine; "A complex but finely balanced palate, with creamy/bready yeast lees notes woven through apple and stone fruit flavours" - James Halliday, 95 points  $18.95 per bottle

2005 Brown Brothers Patricia Pinot Chardonnay Brut   DUAL TROPHY WINNER - Best Sparkling at 2010 Tri Nations Wine Challenge & 2010 National Wine Show; "This has piercing fine citrus, white and pink florals, fine yeast-derived complexity and hints of grilled hazelnut. Laser-like precision on the palate" - Nick Stock, 95 points; "This stunning Victorian wine has great personality. Highly scented, it is citrusy, nutty, rich and complex, in a racy, authoritative style that compares favourably with most champagnes" - Michael Cooper MW; "Very elegant, fine and long, and no attempt to build flavour through high dosage; Brown Brothers has the style down pat. Will improve on cork" - James Halliday, 94 points   $39.95 per bottle

2004 Brown Brothers Patricia Pinot Chardonnay Brut   "As ever, a very well made, upper echelon sparkling wine, with finesse and flavour" - James Halliday, 94 points   $39.95 per bottle

2009 Brown Brothers Prosecco      $17.95 per bottle

NV Chandon    $21.50 per bottle

2006 Chandon Brut Rosé     $30.50 per bottle

NV Chandon Cuvée Riche  James Halliday - 92 points  $29.50 per bottle

2006 Chandon Vintage Blanc de Blancs        $31.50 per bottle

2004 Chandon Vintage Blanc de Blancs     "Usually our favourite sparkling wine from this prestigious Yarra Valley winery, and so it is with the '04 vintage. It's all harmony and balance" - Epicure Uncorked *****; Jeremy Oliver - 93 points; Peter Forrestal, Top 100 Drops - 17.5 points   $31.50 per bottle

2006 Chandon Vintage Brut      James Halliday - 93 points    $29.95 per bottle

NV Cloudy Bay Pelorus     Gourmet Traveller Wine - 93 points *****; "Excellent complex drinking" – Winewise     $29.50 per bottle

2002 Cloudy Bay Pelorus   "Very fine, tight wine with strong toasty flavours. Aromatic and almost perfumed wine with an ethereal texture and lingering finish... This is the best example of Pelorus I've tasted" - Bob Campbell MW, 94 points   $39.95 per bottle

2000 Cloudy Bay Pelorus     $39.95 per bottle

2004 Clover Hill      James Halliday - 91 points  $35.95 per bottle

NV Dal Zotto Pucino Prosecco      $19.50 per bottle

NV Deutz Blanc de Blancs   Best Sparkling Wine - 2009 Tri Nations Wine Challenge; "It's stylish and complex showing floral and yeasty flavours with an exquisitely fine mouthfeel. Simply stunning" - Trophy Champion Sparkling Wine, 2009 Air New Zealand Awards; " Fabulous fizz... Sensational Value" - Tony Love *****; Trophy Champion Sparkling Wine - 2009 Liquorland Top 100 International Wine Competition $36.95 per bottle

NV Forty-Two Degrees South Sparkling Chardonnay Pinot Noir   Delicious Tasmanian sparkling; elegant yet complex, with the purity and zest we expect from a cool-climate sparkling wine   $22.50 per bottle

2001 Hardys Sir James Pinot Noir Chardonnay    James Halliday - 93 points; Epicure Uncorked *****    $23.50 per bottle

NV Jansz Cuvée      Epicure Uncorked ****   $22.50 per bottle  

NV Leconfield Syn Cuvée Blanc    Superbly packaged, elegant bubbly - BEST VALUE AUSTRALIAN BUBBLY; "This blonde bombshell offers pure enjoyment in every glass... Every mouthful that this temptress offers is filled with refined soft fruit flavours, fresher than a gentle summer rain" - Gourmet Traveller; "It's not a Syn to want to spray this all over your palate and your mates too" - Matthew Jukes    $14.95 per bottle

2010 Marcarini Moscato d'Asti    "Seriously good... The end result is like the ultimate bellini, sweet and juicy and fruit sweet, but crisp and refreshing, with almost limitless drinkability and underplayed acidity. It's a wine that just revels in the simple glory of fermented grape juice" - Andrew Graham - 92 points; "Appeley, grapey, sherbety, delicious and heaps of fun" - Max Allen       $25.95 per bottle

2008 Marcarini Moscato d'Asti (375ml)         $19.95 per bottle

2000 Mount William Macedon Blanc de Blanc     Superb; complex and lingering      $29.95 per bottle

NV No. 1 Family Estate No. 1 Cuvée Blanc de Blancs    Trophy for Best Sparkling Wine - 2007 Winewise Small Vigneron Awards; "A classically flinty blanc de blancs style with an ethereal texture... a delicate yet powerful wine" - Gourmet Traveller Wine, 96 points *****; "Stylish stuff" - Winewise, Highly Recommended; "A multi-award-winning bubbly everywhere from here to Britain" - Peter Saunders, Best of the Best *****    $42.50 per bottle

NV No. 1 Family Estate No. 8 Cuvée    "A very attractive wine and certainly the best example under this label I've tasted" - Gourmet Traveller Wine, 95 points *****; "It's rounded and beautifully textured on the palate with bright acidity and a pleasant lingering finish. This is very easy to like as it flows so smoothly through the palate" - Sam Kim    $36.95 per bottle

NV Paul Louis Brut Blanc de Blancs    A delightful sparkling from the Loire Valley; "The stand out wine, by a country mile, turned out to be Paul Louis" - Curtis Marsh; "Perfect wine for summer" - Jane Faulkner   $18.50 per bottle

2007 Petaluma Croser   "One of the finest vintages of Croser to date, this is a fresh, pure sparkling wine" - Tyson Stelzer, 94 points   $29.95 per bottle

NV Quartz Reef Chauvet Methode Traditionelle      "Easily New Zealand's most Champagne-like bubbles" - Joelle Thomson; "Yummy!" - Sue Courtney    $31.50 per bottle

NV Yarrabank Crème de Cuvée Sparkling       $27.95 per bottle

2004 Yarrabank Cuvée    "As ever, immaculately composed, structured and balanced; this is the real deal for mainland sparklings" - James Halliday, 95 points    $29.50 per bottle

2001 Yarrabank Cuvée      "The perfectly balanced acidity ensure great length" - Halliday's Top 100 of 2006, 94 points; "A refreshing, fine, and elegant sparkling wine of elegance and tightness" - Jeremy Oliver, 94 points; "Tense, racy, refined refreshment" - The Wine Front, 91 points   $34.50 per bottle

2006 Yarra Burn Chardonnay Pinot Noir   "A fine, elegant and creamy wine" - Jeremy Oliver, 93 points; "Tight and fine as good sparkling should be" - Huon Hooke, 92 points; James Halliday - 91 points   $21.95 per bottle