Champagne, or good bubbly, is always appreciated in the run-up to Valentine’s Day, and critics highly rate 2010 Castagna Sparkling Allegro, from the four-hectare Beechworth VIC vineyard planted in 1997 by former movie director Julian Castagna. Elsewhere, star of Netflix’s The Last Magnificent and renowned restaurateur Jeremiah Tower would always choose, if possible, a Salon Champagne, the treasure of the Laurent-Perrier Group.

Connoisseurs looking for the best English wine labels, in England, should head to THE PIG in the South Downs, newest family member in this growing stable, or rather ‘luxury farmyard’ of somewhat-crazy always-unique places to stay.