Festive Wines: What to drink this Christmas
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2020
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
With a week to go before Christmas, Stories of our times hosts Manveen Rana and David Aaronovitch are joined by journalist and wine expert Jane Macquitty, to guide you through five of the best festive wine pairings for Christmas day.
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Guests:
Jane Macquitty, The Times and The Sunday Times Journalist and wine critic.
Hosts: Manveen Rana and David Aaronovitch.
The wines:
Champagne
Waitrose Blanc de Noirs Brut Champagne
White
2018 Domaine Henri Bourgeois Cuvée Le Prieuré des Hublots Sauvignon
Red for goose and game
2017 Villa Antinori Red
Red for turkey
2017 Brazin Old Vine Zinfandel
Port
Kopke Reserve Tawny Port
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| 0:45.0 | Trains now on Uber. T's, I can't be the only one who's left their shopping to the last minute. |
| 1:07.0 | What you do when you want to smell a wine and when you want to taste a wine, |
| 1:10.0 | ooh, that was very good. That was satisfied. Well if you're in the market for tips on the best |
| 1:17.4 | Christmas tipple then David and I are about to ride to the rescue. |
| 1:21.6 | And there was mine. |
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| 1:27.0 | On this podcast, we are never less than intrepid |
| 1:31.0 | in our attempts to bring you answers to the big questions of the day. |
| 1:35.0 | Where are you on decanting? |
| 1:37.0 | Nowhere, I think decanting is a complete waste of time. |
| 1:41.0 | We'll bring you five of the best wines from Champagne to Port to |
| 1:45.8 | carry you through a Christmas meal and if you're anything like us the |
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