Many of us will not be able to celebrate New Year s Eve in the way we d hoped.
Yet come midnight we will still want to pop a bottle or two of champagne to usher in let s hope a far better 2021.
With the exception of the French, who make it, no nation drinks as much champagne as the UK we down around 27 million bottles a year.
Which explains why supermarkets have a raft of deals, with plenty of bottles for £18 or less.
Rather than being part of own-brand ranges, these bargains are usually made exclusively for the shops by large champagne houses and have the associated labels of upmarket brands, disguising the fact you ve scrimped on a cheaper version.