The great festive wine guide

You won’t be stuck for drinks ideas this season, thanks to Mick O’Connell's recommendations

The best wines to enjoy over the Christmas period

For Christmas morning and pre-dinner drinks

Champagne Bollinger Special

Cuvée NV

€64.99 from independent retailers (93)

This Champagne is created with a large part of reserve wines to give extra richness to the blend. Add a lick of oak to the mainly pinot noir grapes, and you have the region's benchmark.

Champagne Granzamy Brut NV

€29.95 at O'Briens (89)

This is made from the lesser known grape of the Champagne trio, pinot meunier. It gives ...