Supermarket champagne vs Veuve Clicquot — a sommelier’s blind taste test that shows exactly what a 300% price gap actually pays for. If you’ve ever stood in front of a supermarket wine shelf wondering whether the £15 bottle is really worse than the £45 one, this video answers it honestly.
Behind every supermarket wine is a producer the label sometimes doesn’t want you to see. Some shops hide their winemakers behind fake names, others put them front and centre. Both approaches are marketing — and once you can tell them apart, choosing a bottle in the supermarket stops being guesswork. Anya Gariboldi, a professional sommelier, wine judge and DipWSET graduate, explains how Tesco, Aldi, Waitrose, Lidl and other private label wines actually work — and which 3 categories you can safely buy.
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00:00 — £45 vs £15 champagne
00:31 — What is a private label wine (and why it exists)
00:56 — Why real winemakers agree to hide behind supermarket labels
01:34 — How to find who actually makes French wine
02:14 — The two supermarket games nobody explains
02:23 — Game #1: Aldi and Lidl — the “hidden treasure” trick
02:40 — Game #2: Waitrose and M&S — the curator play
03:41 — Is supermarket wine second-rate? An honest answer
04:20 — The 3 best supermarket wine categories to buy
05:11 — The one rule: what supermarket wine to always avoid
05:39 — Blind taste: Veuve Clicquot vs supermarket champagne
06:18 — Tasting glass #1
06:54 — Tasting glass #2
07:16 — The reveal — can a sommelier tell them apart?
07:56 — The honest truth about Veuve Clicquot
08:14 — What a 300% price difference actually pays for
08:45 — When to save your money on champagne — and when not to
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10 Comments
Gotta say be careful with larger production and AI content. As a big Anya and wine enthusiast with MSc in ICT I prefer organic Anya
Thanks for letting us know the game that's being played!
Excellent and informative video as always!!! Your content is always well thought out and your presentation is always wonderful! Cheers!🥂
Good afternoon Insegnante. How are you? I have a couple of books on wine at home and this topic has never come up. Grazie for introducing me to it.
Great knowledge, thanks for sharing
Veuve Cliquote is the Pepsi of the Champaign world.
And my fantasy is to find a real DRC under a white lable😅
Great info. "Private label or "white label" I discoverd these phrases the other day when reviewing the 2023 Chapel & Vale, Cabernet Sauvignon.
Hi, me again…….sounds like you know where all the bodies are buried!! (or should I say bottles) 🙂
Thank you, really enjoyed this video. Loved the blind tasting, really putting you to the test, well done! Best wishes.
For champagne, my go to are Heidsieck and Roederer. Some supermarket Champagnes are ok and give them a good run for their money, but don’t quite manage the finesse of the Houses.