Reply to: Which wine with xmas lunch please?

[Scary]

If it's gulping wine I'm after I just go for whatever's red and reduced from ten pounds to five pounds at the supermarket, a Chianti or Rioja or something.

[Coalman]

Black Tower innit!

[joey122]

Now is a good time to get fizz, lots of really good deals going on.

Rothschild 1987 - £200 a bottle (expensed of course)

[norrahe]

Now is a good time to get fizz, lots of really good deals going on.

[FarmerPalmer]

Sainsburys Blanc De Noir, - Its what I've been drinking for the last umpteen years at Christmas.

http://press.sainsburys.co.uk/Press-...-poll-363.aspx

[scotspine]

sablet et rasteau,
crozes-hermitage et grillet,
condrieu et rotie,
gigondas et cabardes
etc etc

- to the tune of these are a few of my favourite things

[norrahe]

For a white I would go with a White Hermitage:

http://www.uncorked.co.uk/search/det...oduct=CVJHW04A

For a red with Turkey I would go with a Burgundy, probably a premier cru Givry or a Gevrey-Chambertin but that's just my personal taste.

Burgundy is always a good call especially with Turkey, or puligny montrachet if you're going for white.

Cloudy bay - good call but will not go with turkey and all the trimmings, very good with seafood canapes, but will get overpowered by everything in the main course.

[Scary]

I like Brunello di Montalcino, not sure I'd want to spoil it by having it with food though.

[krytonsheep]

I always love Chianti Classico on Christmas day (normally doesn't give you a hang over).

[milanbenes]

my winestore (can't call it a cellar as we don't have a cellar)

is low on French reds

we've a lot of german whites especially reislings and mosels, including particular schwarz reislings which are excellent

lot of italian reds, spanish reds, new world australian and chilean

but definately, the french are not well represented, will have to sort that out and rectify the situation

have been very surprised by the vast selection of quality wines at the local makro !

Milan.

[Lockhouse]

For a white I would go with a White Hermitage:

http://www.uncorked.co.uk/search/det...oduct=CVJHW04A

For a red with Turkey I would go with a Burgundy, probably a premier cru Givry or a Gevrey-Chambertin but that's just my personal taste.

[cailin maith]

Tell him, Cailin, tell him!

It's gotta be pinkaholic for Xmas.

WHS... Pinkaholic rules

Mad Dog 20/20 Strawberry flavour?

If it's pink, it'll do

[RichardCranium]

top tip for wine buyers

go to lidl anywhere and buy the most expensive wines

FTFY

A few years back a relative bought a dozen bottles of wine at random in Lidl for a barbecue - he knows nothing about the stuff. I immediately squirreled away half of them for him for special occasions & Xmas.

[TheFaQQer]

Tell him, Cailin, tell him!

It's gotta be pinkaholic for Xmas.

Mad Dog 20/20 Strawberry flavour?

[wurzel]

Depends what you're having for your dinner. If it's turkey with all the trimmings, i.e. sausage meat, chipolatas etc I'd go for a full bodied red.

I've got a nice bottle of Cune Reserva 2005 which I brought back from Spain & much to my chagrin I see you can get it in Waitrose at half the price I paid.

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