Wines You Might Like for Christmas & New Year

Our Favourite Great Value Prosecco

At the beginning of our courses we have been serving a glass of Asda’s Extra Special Prosecco. A Which best buy last year, it has been a firm favourite with our guests. We love it for its notes of honey but even better it is a great price right now. Reduced from £8.25 to £6.50

Current Best Buys From Which

Sparkling Wine

Co-operative Prosecco £9.99. Slightly sweet and fruity

Tesco Finest Blanquette de Limoux £10.49. Only non Prosecco Best Buy. Slightly dry.

Waitrose Exclusive  Valde Oro Puro Prosecco £13.49. Lemon & pear flavours.

Champagne

Various Retailers Piper Heidsieck Brut NV Champagne. £33.00. A little on the dry side, fresh & chocolaty.

Sainsbury’s Blanc de Blanc Brut NV Champagne. £22.50. Dry & with a biscuit taste.

Tesco Finest Premier Cru. NV Champagne. £19.99. For those who like a little more sweetness. Apple & honey flavours.

Finally Something a Bit Different Spotted at Aldi

Two Delicious Dessert Wines

Both of these involve concentrating the sugars in the wine but in different ways.

Tokaji Aszu 6 Puttonyos £18.99 for 50cl. A world-famous sweet wine from Hungary. The grapes are left on the vines long enough to develop “Noble Rot”

Trius Vidal Blanc 2013 Canadian Ice Wine £24.99 for 37.5cl. Made from grapes that have been frozen on the vine.