Written by Giles Fallowfield.
As I explained in Champagne prices slashed, many of the supermarkets have taken to running so-called half-price deals on their own brands of champagne. Such champagnes have to appear on the shelf of some stores in the group for a set period at the nominal full price in order that they can legally claim to be selling them at half price later. But in reality the special-offer price is far closer to their true value, and with so many good offers around on genuinely well-made Champagnes, these bogus deals should be avoided.
Below are the offers that the big UK retailers have so far admitted to be making over the next few weeks, although I will be adding more, including quite a number tomorrow, 2 Dec. I have put those that seem attractive in bold, and those that I would suggest avoiding in italics.
WAITROSE
2 Dec to 5 Jan
Veuve Clicquot Brut NV, down £6.60 to £26.39, £25.07 if you buy six bottles or more.
Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve NV, down £6 to £22.99, £21.84 if you buy six bottles or more.
Moët & Chandon Brut Imperial Vintage 2003, down £8 to £31.99, £30.39 if you buy six bottles or more.
GH Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut NV, down £5.40 to £21.59, £20.51 if you buy six bottles or more.
Piper-Heidsieck Brut NV, down £5.20 to £20.79, £19.75 if you buy six bottles or more.
Lanson Black Label Brut NV, down £5.60 to £22.39, £21.27 if you buy six bottles or more.
Lanson Brut Rosé NV, down £7 to £25.99, £24.69 if you buy six bottles or more.
TESCO
23 Nov to 5 Jan
René Florency Brut NV, half price at £15, £14.25 if you buy six bottles or more.
From 14 Dec to 3 Jan
De Vallois NV, half price
From 14 Dec to 5 Jan
G H Martel Prestige Brut NV, half price, £13.49
G H Martel Prestige Rosé, half price, £14.99
Taittinger Brut Reserve NV, £23.90, save £10
Nicolas Feuillatte Brut NV, £16.98, save £10
Lanson Rosé, £24.96, save £8
Lanson Black Label NV, £19.98, save £7
Heidsieck Monopole Blue Top NV, £18.98, save £6
Moët and Chandon Brut Impérial Brut NV, £23.88, save £5
Veuve Clicquot Brut NV. £26.94, save £5
Moët and Chandon Brut Impérial Vintage 2003, £34.40, save £5
From 18 Dec to 5 Jan
Charles de Cazenove Tradition Brut NV, better than half price, down from £29 to £10 a bottle.
From 31 Dec to 5 Jan
Heidsieck Dry Monopole NV £24.98 to £12.38
SAINSBURY'S
9 Dec to 1 Jan
Sainsbury's Blanc de Noirs Brut NV, down 98p to £15, £14.25 if you buy six bottles or more.
Moët & Chandon Brut Impérial NV, down £5 to £23.88, £22.69 if you buy six bottles or more.
Laurent Perrier Brut Rosé NV, down £10 to £43.99, £41.79 if you buy six bottles or more.
Veuve Clicquot Brut Rosé NV, down £5 to £34.99, £33.24 if you buy six bottles or more.
Veuve Clicquot Brut Réserve Vintage 2002, down £5 to £37.98, £36.08 if you buy six bottles or more.
MARKS & SPENCER
(NB while many supermarkets give 5% off for purchases of six bottles or more, M&S give a further 10% reduction)
2 Nov to 1 Jan
Perle d'Ayala Brut Vintage 2000, down £15 to £35, £31.50 if you buy six bottles or more.
Cuvée Orpale Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut Vintage 1998, down £10 to £40, £36 if you buy six bottles or more.
St Gall Grand Cru Brut Vintage 2002, down £5 to £21.99, £19.79 if you buy six bottles or more.
Oudinot Brut Rosé NV, down £5 to £17.99, £16.19 if you buy six bottles or more.
Oudinot Brut NV, down £5 to £14.99, £13.49 if you buy six bottles or more.
30 Nov to 1 Jan
Janisson Prestige Brut NV, down £5 to £18.99, £17.09 if you buy six bottles or more.
MORRISONS
30 Nov to 3 Jan
Lanson Brut Rosé NV, down £10 to £22.99 a bottle.
Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut NV, down £7 to £24.91 a bottle.
Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut NV, down £7 to £19.99 a bottle.
Moët & Chandon Brut Impérial Rosé NV, down £5 to 31.99 a bottle.
Moët & Chandon Brut Impérial Vintage 2003, down £5 to 34.40 a bottle.
CO-OP
11 Nov to 3 Jan
Madame de Maintenon Brut Rosé NV, down £10 to £15 a bottle.
Piper Heidsieck Brut NV, down £9 to £17.99 a bottle.
*Lanson Black Label Brut NV, down £9.39 to £18.66 a bottle.
2 Dec to 3 Jan
*Charles de Cazenove Grand Apparat Brut NV, half price at £15 a bottle.
*Veuve Monier Brut NV, half price at £12 a bottle.
*Also available at SOMERFIELD.
ASDA
Current offers
Heidsieck Monopole Blue Top Brut NV, down £10.98 to £14 a bottle.
Piper Heidsieck Brut NV, down £3.98 to £20 a bottle.
Jacquart Brut Tradition NV, down £7.98 to £16 a bottle.
Francoise de Rozay Brut NV, £12 a bottle.
Taittinger Brut NV £15 a bottle
Moet & Chandon Brut Imperial NV, £28.98 to £15
MAJESTIC
Buy two save 33.3% until 5 Jan
Moët & Chandon Brut Impérial NV, down from £35.99 to £23.99 a bottle.
Buy two save 50%, 24 Nov to 1 Feb
Heidsieck Monopole Gold Top Brut Vintage 2004, down from £37.99 to £18.99 a bottle.
Buy two save 40%
Taittinger Brut Réserve NV, down from £39.99 to £23.99 (same as Oddbins single bottle price, Tesco.com price £20.90).
Lanson Black Label Brut NV, down from £29.99 to £17.99 (better than Oddbins single bottle price of £23.99).
Veuve Cliquot Vintage Brut 2002, down from £56.65 to £33.99 a bottle.
Canard-Duchêne Brut Vintage 2002/4, down from £29.99 to £17.99 a bottle.
Canard-Duchêne Grande Cuvée Charles V11 NV, down from £39.99 to £23.99 a bottle.
Jacquart Brut Tradition NV, down from £26.99 to £14.99 a bottle.
Jacquart Brut Tradition Rosé NV, down from £37.49 to £19.99 a bottle.
Veuve Joubert Réserve Spéciale Brut NV, down from £27.99 to £13.99 a bottle.
Charles Leprince Brut Vintage 2002, down from £26.65 to £15.99 a bottle.
Buy two save 33.3%
Jacquart Brut Mosaique Vintage 2002 down from £29.99 to £19.99.
Bollinger Special Cuvée Brut NV, down from £39.99 to £26.65 a bottle (better than Oddbins' single bottle price of £33.99).
Pol Roger Brut Réserve NV, down from £37.50 to £24.99 a bottle.
Louis Roederer Brut NV, down from £37.50 to £24.99 a bottle.
Duval-Leroy NV down from £25.49 to £16.99 a bottle.
Canard-Duchene NV down from £25.49 to £16.99 a bottle.
R de Ruinart down from £45 to £29.99 a bottle
Perrier-Jouët Vintage 1998 down from £44.99 to £29.99 a bottle.
Laurent-Perrier Brut NV down from £37.49 to £24.99 a bottle
Ruinart Blanc de Blancs Brut NV down from £60 to £39.99 a bottle.
Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut Vintage 1999 down from £39.99 to £26.65 a bottle.
Ruinart Rose Brut NV down from £60 to £39.99 a bottle.
Taittinger Prélude Grand Cru Brut NV, down from £45 to £29.99 a bottle.
Taittinger Brut Rosé NV, down from £45 to £29.99 a bottle.
De Telmont Grande Reserve Brut NV down from £25.49 to £16.99 a bottle.
De Telmont Brut 2002 Vintage, down from £26.99 to £17.99 a bottle.
Jacquart Brut Brut Tradition Rosé NV, down from £29.99 to £19.99 a bottle.
Veuve Joubert Réserve Spéciale Brut NV, down from £20.99 to £13.99 a bottle.
Nicolas Feuillatte Brut NV, down from £26.99 to £17.99 a bottle.
Buy two save 25%
Oeil de Perdrix Rosé Brut NV, down from £26.65 to £19.99 a bottle.
Piper-Heidsieck Brut NV, down from £27.99 to £20.99 a bottle.
Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut NV, down from £31.99 to £23.99 a bottle.
Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut NV, down from £29.99 to £24.99 a bottle.
Taittinger Brut Vintage 2002/2003, down from £49.99 to £37.49 a bottle.
Buy two save 20%
Laurent-Perrier Rosé Brut NV, down from £56.25 to £44.99 a bottle.
Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill 1998, down from £137.50 to £109.99 a bottle.
Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Rosé 1998, down from £250 to 199.98 a bottle.
Dom Pérignon Oenotheque 1995, down from £250 to £199.98 a bottle.
Dom Pérignon Rosé 1996/1998, down from £300 to £239.97 a bottle.
Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut NV, down from £35 to £28 a bottle.
Other deals:
Bollinger Grande Année Brut Vintage 2000, down £25 to £50 a bottle.
Dom Pérignon 2000, down £25 to £100 a bottle.
Krug Grande Cuvée NV, down £37.50 to £100 a bottle.
Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 1998, down £25 to £100 a bottle.
Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 1998, down £25 to £100 a bottle.
Louis Roederer Cristal 2002, down £75 to £125 a bottle.
Krug Vintage 1998, down £25 to £175 a bottle. (offer not as good as before)
Belle Époque Brut Vintage 2002, down £20 to £75 a bottle.
See also this site that specialises in discount vouchers for champagne purchases from the big UK retailers.
