The great festive wine guide
You won’t be stuck for drinks ideas this season, thanks to Mick O’Connell's recommendations
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 ...