The toast

POP, THE QUESTION

What sort of bubbly should I buy?

Langlois-Chateau Crémant de Loire Brut NV - £10.99 Oddbin, Majestic

Even if you are on a limited budget, you can still toast your nuptials in style.

This is a wonderful sparkling alternative to Champagne, with its pale yellow colour, aromas of white flowers, honey, zesty appley freshness and bready yeast flavours.

It has freshness and elegance making it perfect for celebrating.

Langlois-Chateau Crémant de Loire Rosé NV - £11.99 Oddbins

With its freshness, its fruity aromas and its fine bubbles, this Crémant de Loire Rosé is an excellent aperitif that can be also served with red fruits dessert.

This is a perennial favourite, with flavours of pure raspberry and blackcurrant and a freshness that leaves a good many more illustrious sparkling rosés standing.

Ayala Brut Majeur - £22.50 Marks & Spencer

Ayala Champagne is owned by The Bollinger Family (say no more!) and is a perfect champagne for wedding toasts.

It’s a beautiful blend of 40 per cent Pinot Noir, 33 per cent Pinot Meunier and 27 per cent Chardonnay and, reassuringly, has spent more than two years on its lees in the cellar.

The Pinot Noir imparts richness and length, the Chardonnay adds delicacy, liveliness and an appley freshness, while the Pinot Meunier gives an appealing fruitiness.

Ayala Rosé Majeur - £26 Marks & Spencer

This is the perfect rosé champagne for wedding receptions.

A blend of 51 per cent Chardonnay, 30 per cent Pinot Noir, 10 per cent Pinot Meunier and 8 per cent still red wine from old vines, this has a delicate cherry colour with a subtle hint of salmon.

On the nose, it reveals a seductive bouquet of red fruits (strawberries, raspberries, a hint of cassis) enhanced by the high proportion of Chardonnay and the ageing process which imparts finesse and elegance.

Bollinger Special Cuvée - £36.50 Widely Available – including: Waitrose, Sainsbury, Tesco, Thresher, Majestic and Oddbins

Ideal champagne for a more luxurious and elegant wedding reception. Perhaps serve from a magnum to add to the occasion?

The quintessential house style of Bollinger is known for its hand-crafted rich character.

A large proportion of reserve wines incorporated into the blend that have been kept by cru, by grape variety, by vintage, in magnums guarantee the consistency in style of the Special Cuvée, whilst reinforcing its structure and its aromatic complexity.

Bollinger Rosé - £55 Waitrose Fine Wine, Berry Brothers & Rudd, Selfridges, Harrods, Fortnum & Mason & many Fine Wine Merchants

With its delicate notes of wild berries and long silky finish, this luxury rosé would be perfect for an unforgettable day.

In the meticulous house style, Bollinger Rosé is modelled on the Special Cuvée blend, combining the fruits of previous harvests plus the addition of reserve wines from their cellars in Ay.

The final component, which provides colour and delicate aromas of ripe red fruits, is a proportion of still red wine coming exclusively from Bollinger’s Grand Cru Vineyards.

Bollinger La Grande Année 1999 - £60 Sainsburys, Majestic, Berry Brothers & Rudd, Selfridges, Harrods, Fortnum & Mason & many Fine Wine Merchants

Ideal for an ‘a deux’ toast.

A wonderful choice for the wedding night – when you have left your guests and anticipate your honeymoon.

La Grande Année 1999 is Bollinger’s prestige cuvée, produced only in exceptional years.

Barrel-fermentation is followed by six years ageing before release, resulting in a wine that has a rich but pale golden colour, pin-prick bubbles and toasty, aromas of brioche.

On the palate it has a nutty, rich maturity from the long ageing, with some toast and caramel, and an elegant finish.