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Choosing wines for Christmas can be tough, especially when you have to strike the balance between budget and impressing. Hopefully I can come in handy here and give you some serving suggestions across all budgets. Our website will also be a useful tool if you want to find the best deals around! But, before you even reach that hurdle, you’ll need to know what you will actually need for each occasion throughout the day and what sort of food and wine pairings will actually work. No one wants a…

World Champagne Day is celebrated yearly on the 4th Friday in October, and conveniently a Friday too, where you ought to pop a cork in celebration of Champagne and all the good memories that come with it. Champagne is the absolute staple of celebrations and deserving of its very own day to commemorate the skill, passion and joyous occasion that these winemakers bring us. Across the industry there is a range of Champagne at some eye-bogglingly low prices and equally bogglingly high. They are…

By Master of Wine, Christopher Burr 12/12/2022 This is the first of three articles about the gastronomy of the Christmas feast, and what to drink, be that the best quality and value for money, or an extravagant "splurge" on something very special and memorable. Let's start with pre- lunch or dinner canapes and fizz. Canepes could be crostini with goats' cheese, chicken liver or fois gras pate', olives, nuts, crisps, blini pancakes with smoked salmon or smoked roe or even caviar! With all…