Our house Prosecco and a real step up on mass supermarket offerings, produced by a Cantina founded in 1947. Fresh and smooth, with notes of wildflowers and crunchy orchard fruit and bubbles that are fine and persistent. Perfect as an aperitif!

Ayala has been our house Champagne since we opened and has gained many fans in that time. Part of the Bollinger stable, Ayala Brut Majeur is elegant, energetic, and dry, without being arid. Champagne is very food-friendly (if you’ve never tried with fish and chips, it’s a must!) and has the ability to enhance even the most subtle flavours beautifully. A world-class Champagne. House pour in The Woodspeen, The Goring and Restaurant Gordon Ramsey.

From a truly local and truly EXCELLENT vineyard, comes this Champagne Method Sparkling wine.

2016 Vintage - GOLD medal winner at the Wine GB Awards 2020. Oz Clarke, OBE Judge, says

"Only 4 years old but already showing tremendous style and character. The nose is ripe and inviting and when you take a mouthfull it bursts with personality. Apple flesh and peel are streaked with honey and there is a little crisp, croissant nuttiness."

2018 Vintage - Silver Award at the Independent English Wine Awards;

"Sophisticated and inviting nose; summery flowers, honey, nuts and peaches. Alluring. Everything about this wine is is really very good." 

The wine is made from a blend of the two classic varieties, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

The soil at WW is ideal for sparkling wine.  Vines are planted on free-draining loam over flint and chalk on gentle southeast slopes.  Made by Emma Rice and Jacob Leadley, winemakers at Hattingley Valley, near Winchester.  Emma has been UK wine maker of the year twice.

2020 current release

Special Cuvée is the result of a masterful blending using a majority of Reserve wines, including some aged for more than 15 years in Bollinger’s cellars. In 1911, Bollinger’s British agent gave the idea for the name Special Cuvée - “special” written the English way, without an accent. He thought the French expression “Brut sans année” was no match for such a subtle champagne… More than a hundred years later, the name of Bollinger’s key figure champagne still symbolizes both its expertise and its history. A golden colour with a beautifully fine mousse. The nose is aromatic and complex with ripe fruit and spicy aromas. Roasted apples, apple compote and peaches burst on the palate. Brioche and notes of fresh walnut linger on the lasting finish. A subtle combination of structure, length and vivacity.

Made from 100% Grand Cru & Premier Cru, Ayala Blanc de Blancs fully expresses the superb calibre of great Chardonnay from the best crus of the Côte des Blancs. It  is produced in small quantities, and only in exceptional years and benefits from 5 years ageing in the cellars which helps intergrate the remarkable minerality and complex flavours. Produced from the Grand Crus; Cramant, Chouilly and Le Mesnil-Sur-Oger, and also Premier Crus; Cuis and Vertus.

Tasting Note: Bright, pale yellow with white gold glints A delicate but expressive nose, showing wonderful aromatic freshness with notes of white fruits and lime. A striking voluptuous and vibrant silky texture on the palate. Passion fruits, citrus fruit, peaches and subtle notes of acacia honey. Voluminous, toasty, and extremely refined. 

Ayala's zero-dosage Champagne. A lean, fresh, taut-yet-supple Champagne, given texture and body from extended lees ageing. Apple fresh, with pleasing preserved lemon and brioche notes. Delicious and ultimately refreshing. Perfect with oysters and sushi. Or fish and chips!