Tim Willett, Neil Whiteside, Julian Clover, Leigh Chambers, Linda Ness, Mike Prior and Ian Daborn gather round the Christmas table for three hours of festive fun including Ed Barker with tips on what to do with the left overs, Nigel Beaumont’s recommendations on what to drink at New Years Eve, Skye Keable casts his eye over the Christmas block busters at the movies and Jake Butt previews the Boxing Day sport.
Nigel’s Christmas wine recomendations
- Non vintage Champagne: – Pol Roger Reserve Brut – Majestic/Marks& Spencer £30 -£40.
- Vintage Chanpagne – 2004 Laurent Perrier Brut – Waitrose £35, Odd bins £38.
- Camel Valley – Pinot Noir Brut – Waitrose £29.
- Gusborne have a Brut reserve £30 from Cambridge Wines and Noel Young Wines.
- Giffords Hall Sparkling Brut Zero 2012 – £23.50 from the vineyard – dry, biscuit finish. – Order from the vineyard near Bury St Edmunds.
- Aloe Tree Chenin Blanc 2013 – Robertson, Western Cape – Cambridge Wines – £6.50
- Vacqueras – Rhone – 2012 Fruity Grenache grape dominates –
- Cotes du Ventoux Rouge 2013 – £6.95 – Cambridge Wines