WHAT better way to say "be my Valentine" than by popping open a bottle of Champagne and toasting your love?

Well, by making it pink Champagne, of course!

And also adding flowers, perfume, chocolates, extravagant jewellery and a holiday in Barbados.

That's romance right there.

Obviously, there are differing levels of love and, possibly more importantly, differing budgets, so here are a few amorous options for flirtatious fizz with which to win over your beloved this week - ranging from £50 Champers to a bargain £10 Prosecco.

To start with is a top-quality Charles Heidsieck Rosé Réserve Champagne, available from distributors Liberty Wines, who work with a number of merchants in the York area.

At £49.99, it is the priciest on our list - but that price is reflected in its quality.

Charles Heidsieck - founded in 1851 by the original "Champagne Charlie" (a wine merchant and New York socialite of the mid-1800s who had a rather interesting existence to say the least) - is one of the most admired Champagne houses in France, being named Sparkling Winemaker of the Year at the International Wine Challenge no fewer than 15 times.

It is the smallest of the Grandes Marques, with its rosé réserve being further unique thanks to its elaborate blend of finely selected Champagne grape varieties (36% Pinot Noir, 36% Chardonnay and 28% Pinot Meunier) plus its maturation over three years (much longer than the 15-month legal requirement) in 2,000-year-old chalk cellars.

The end result is a lively, generously fruity tipple with wonderful notes of wild strawberry, a lovely toastiness including cinnamon and gingerbread, and fabulous freshness on the finish.

It's certainly a tipple to fall in love over.

Keeping it in the Heidsieck family, the Co-op starts selling a new Les Pionniers NV Rosé Champagne on Monday, just in time for Valentine's Day.

Priced at £21.99 and adding to their award-winning Les Pionniers range, this tipple is made by expert winemakers at the Piper-Heidsieck house (whose founder, Florens-Louis Heidsieck, was Charlie's great-uncle).

It is a blend of 60 per cent Pinot Noir and 40 per cent Chardonnay, and has spent up to four years maturing in cellars to create a Champagne of complex yet refreshing flavours.

Aromas of summer fruits and clementines are followed by a palate of red berries, raspberries and fine, persistent bubbles.

Staying in the pink (but not in such as pink a bottle as the Pionniers), Liberty Wines has a New Zealand fizz to rival many quality Champagnes.

The Akarua Rosé Brut, from the famed Central Otago region, uses the same grape varieties as Champagne (in this case Pinot Noir and Chardonnay) and likewise traditional production methods, only it can't be called Champagne due to not coming from Champagne.

The end result of what is a detailed and precise production process is a characterful sparkling rosé comprising strawberry aromas, nutty and yeasty notes, a palate with strong Pinot Noir influence, and a long savoury finish.

A classy award-winning tipple, it is priced £22.99.

Switching fizz but staying very much with the Valentine's theme, Majestic have a longstanding February 14 favourite in its Romeo & Juliet NV Prosecco (priced £11.99 or £9.99 in the store's Mix Six promotion).

The grapes come from Treviso in the heart of the Prosecco wine region, but the drink is made by Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine, which was founded in 1925 in the romantically inspiring city of Verona - home of course to Shakespeare's famous young lovers.

It is an off-dry, lightly aromatic and easy-drinking sparkler, with hints of pear, citrus fruit and white apple.

Perhaps oddly, there is no specific mention of Romeo or Juliet on the bottle's label (instead there's a photo of the famous R&J wall in Verona) so you might have to persuade whoever you're romancing that it is indeed a particularly appropriate drink for Valentine's Day.