Belatedly, I am about to start buying my Christmas wines - a fizz, a white, a red, a pudding white, the things that traditionally keep us going throughout the day. Usually I do it sooner than this, which is why, for the sake of simplicity, I am confining myself to Waitrose. Along with M&S it is my favourite supermarket for wine and, though its best bottles are not cheap, it is by no means so expensive as it is made out to be.
So my choice is going to be:-
Prosecco. Waitrose sells a good selection of this popular Italian fizz. The one I like best is a Valdobiandene Oro Puro, a benchmark Prosecco Superiore, light, delicate, and appetising, currently reduced from £13.49 to £8.99.
Chablis. My favourite white burgundy, superb with good smoked salmon or other fish. With the right mixture of mineral and steel, and with a sensation of butter, this one, a 2013 from the established house of Louis Moreau ,is reduced from £13.99 to £9.99.
Not quite a claret, but outstanding of its kind, this First Press Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon fr0m California is something special to match your main dish. An outstanding, complex tipple reduced from £17.99 to £14.39.
Not yet decided, but if we can rise to it a half-bottle of Waitrose’s special luscious Sauternes, Chateau Suduiraut at £16.99, might do the trick. Otherwise it is likely to be Muscat de Beaumes de Venise at £7.99 a half bottle as usual. 21 December 2014
Not a drop of this lovely wine will touch my lips. I'll be driving.
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