Wine

"The cost, excluding VAT, of all alcoholic products purchased from the BBC’s preferred supplier during the period 01/01/2012 to 31/12/2012 was £42,971.38. We can confirm that there was no spend on champagne. A detailed breakdown including the type and brand purchased is detailed at Appendix I."

"If you plan to use the information provided in this FOI for the purposes of a media report, we have provided you with the following on the record response from the BBC. “The BBC has very tight guidelines that govern the limited occasions when alcohol may be bought. For 2012 the total spend from our preferred supplier amounts to just over £2 per head.”

Appendix 1 can be found here:

Here are the top brands, by volume...

Still Wine
414 bottles of Mountain View Sauvignon Blanc (from "the largest family-owned winery in Chile") @ £4.00
384 bottles of Pinot Grigio Pavia Pasqua (Venetian)  @ £4.03
269 bottles of Neblina Sauvignon Blanc (Central Valley - Chile) @ £3.97

Sparkling Wine
261 bottles of Unduragga Brut (Maipo Valley Chile) @£4.77 (currently £8.99 at Majestic)

Beer
1920 bottles of Peroni Nastro Azzuro @£0.98 a bottle

Spirits
31 bottles of Smirnoff Red Label Vodka @£13.13 a bottle

But it's not all hair-shirt stuff. There were two bottles of Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc, at £16.66 each; two of the Cloudy Bay Pinot Noir, at £19.99, and a sprinkling of "Gift sets".