Champagne & Sparkling Wine
At Mr.Wheeler, we fancy our fizz. Grande-marque champagnes, English sparklers, crémant AOCs, prosecco... we raise a toast to it all. Particularly to the récoltante-manipulant or champagne-grower. Unlike high-volume champagne houses that source externally from high-volume growers, these artisanal producers instead vinify their own estate-farmed fruit for their respective estate-made wines.
As such, and by way of la méthode champenoise, they provide the most authentic expression of their unique place in the Champagne region. In the wines of Mr.Wheeler's signature producer, Champagne Guilleminot, you'll discover this new dimension in champagne appreciation and pleasure.
This is a find I made in the middle 1990’s and apart from being my favourite Champagne it knocks many Grandes Marques off >
The Limoux region lies right in the south-west of France and is arguably the true, original cradle of French sparkling wine; >
A grown-up crémant - fresh and yeasty bursting with apple fruit. Made in a serious style with pronounced fruit which develops >
A faultless performance, the swirling mousse lifts the wine's complex aromas as if making an offering to the gods. Has a >
Needless to say from the outset the bottle oozes quality, and upon pouring you are greeted with a delicate, sparkling mousse >
Another wonderfully elegant wine, with a delicate pale pink shimmer in the glass.
A fine persistent fizz releases aromas >
Cremant de Bourgogne is a great alternative to Champagne. A blend of chardonnay and pinot noir with just a little gamay >
"Deep straw colour and tiny, tiny bead. Really satisfying, complete, beautifully balanced nose with some evolution and richness. >
A sophisticated alcohol-free sparkling wine. A blend of de-alcoholised organic French Chardonnay wine, organic grape juice >
Veuve Clicquot age their non-vintage champagne for almost twice the required time, resulting in a superb marriage of freshness >
Sourced from the estate's finest vineyards the wine received extended ageing on the lees and is only released a decade after >
Wonderfully expressive Cotes-de-Blancs Premier Cru terroir shining through an enticing nose of dried fruit, honey and almond >
Pinot noir is a challenging and extremely delicate grape that goes into producing some of the finest, most elegant wines >
Michel Guilleminot's brut enjoys an enviable reputation for sheer value for money and consistency. "Récoltant-Manipulant" >
We've long considered Nyetimber's Classic Cuvee to be one of the best sparkling wines on the market. Its quality rivals >
A sophisticated alcohol-free sparkling wine. A blend of de-alcoholized organic French Chardonnay and Pinot Noir wines, organic >
A blend of white grapes, predominantly Colombard, this is an excellent party quaffer with a lively, floral lemony fruit >
"This is as good a Prosecco as I can remember and the first I've recommended here. Zesty, appley, lemony and exhilaratingly >
"One of the great signatures of the region, its calligraphy flowing with elegance, panache and balance, the last reflected >
The pinnacle of Champagne Gosset's wine range and celebration of their best wines. Celebris is handcrafted in the estate's >
A wonderfully fresh and expressive first impression reveals pear and peach which develops into notes of grapefruit, aniseed >
A seductive nose of grapefruit zest, green fig, pear, starfruit, greengage with a wee whiff of ocean air. A vibrantly structured >
