Best drinks to sip this Christmas

What is a Christmas table without a festive tipple to cheers with your nearest and dearest? Whether it’s a warming bottle of wine, a zesty cocktail or a classic port, our buyer Chiara Battistelli has sampled the best bottles to get you into the spirit of the season. Not only that, but she has also highlighted the best dishes to pair each drink with so you can enjoy a harmonious and delicious feast for all to enjoy.

###### **Fonseca Tawny Port in Wood** A seductive tawny port with intense character and jammy notes of apricot, marmalade, plum and spices. The perfect companion for cheeseboard, pates and chocolate desserts.

###### **Taylors L.B.V Port** A magnum of delicious Late Bottled Vintage port, bottled after ageing for 4 to 6 years in wood. Superior and elegant taste with bold fruity notes to be paired with blue cheese, chocolate and traditional Christmas cakes.

###### **Taittinger Comtes de Champagne** A marvellous blanc de blancs champagne inspired by the legend of the 'Comtes de Champagne' (Counts of Champagne). Superior notes of peach, baked pastries, hazelnuts and a fine mousse. Perfect with seafood, shellfish, and white meat.

###### **Donnafugata Tancredi Dolce & Gabbana Edition** A stylish collaboration between Donnafugata, Sicily's most renowned wine producer, and Dolce & Gabbana. This is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and indigenous Nero d'Avola. Intense fruity notes of plum, blueberries, liquorice and tobacco. Wonderful with red meat and game dishes.

###### **Chateau Montrose La Dame de Montrose** The second wine of Chateau Montrose, La Dame de Montrose is a wonderful elegant blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc. A rather special wine with intense notes of dark fruits, sweet berries, black truffles and spices for a refined Christmas dinner.

###### **Unico Zelo River Sand Single Vineyard Fiano** From a sustainable wine producer in the Adelaide Hills area, Australia, the wine offers a rich and refined texture. Notes of tropical fruits and high minerals enhance the flavour when paired with buttery and cheese-dominant dishes, risottos and roast turkey.

###### **Greywacke Wild Sauvignon Blanc** Intensely complex Sauvignon Blanc with fragrant notes of almonds, nectarine and blood orange. Wonderful when enjoyed with vegan dishes, fresh salads and pan-fried vegetables.

###### **Fenwick Spiced Apple Martini** Made in Yorkshire from pressed English apples, packed with winter spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove. Ready to be enjoyed at your festive party or on a cosy winter night.

###### **The Secret Garden Exclusive 140th Winter Gin** Handcrafted exclusively for Fenwick by The Secret Garden Distillery. With freshly distilled Clove, Cinnamon, Ginger and Cardamom with Juniper, Coriander, Angelica Root and Winter Savory. Superb as a festive G&T with gingerbread syrup or cranberry juice or mixed with champagne or Prosecco for a celebratory fizzy cocktail.

###### **Glenmorangie A Tale of the Forest** Distilled with barley kilned with botanicals, this limited edition bottling of Glenmorangie surrounds your senses with orange, coriander, and pine and with a gently oaky finish to evoke the scents of the woodlands