The best wine pairings for Christmas

Looking for a cracking red to serve alongside your turkey? This fruity Classics Côtes du Rhône Villages is a smooth, versatile, well-structured red with red cherry and spice notes. It’ll sing when paired with your Christmas lunch, from turkey to red meat.

Searching for a party-starting fizz? I'll be opening a bottle of our Rockferne Sparkling Wine – produced in Sussex, this exclusive British fizz is bursting with baked apple and ripe peach flavours, making it divine with nibbles, like these dressed smoked salmon vol au vents.

For New Year's Eve, our exceptional Delacourt Brut Champagne has fine, creamy bubbles – a real treat for special occasions (it'll make a dream gift, too).

It wouldn't be Christmas without a steaming cup of mulled wine, heady with the aroma of Christmassy spices. Judging by the love for last year's White Mulled Wine, we're excited to launch our first-on-the-high-street Rosé Mulled Wine, and our Maple Mulled Wine, with a hint of sweet Canadian maple syrup and a hit of brandy. All available in store from 8 October.

Want to make it yourself? Pick up a pack of our Mulling Spices and heat through with red or white wine, or check out our mulled wine recipe below.

We’ve got some fantastic seafood this year and I’ll be serving mine with a bottle of Provence rosé. Our La Balconne Organic Provence Rosé is filled with notes of white peach, strawberry and wild herbs – it's a complex wine that is wonderful with fresh seafood starters (it's great as an aperetif, too).

Our Coteaux Varois en Provence is a dry, distinctly fruity rosé, which will pair fantastically well with seafood nibbles.

Whether you’re tucking into a ham or leftovers, our Classics No.38 New Zealand Pinot Noir is ideal for Boxing Day. This soft, medium-bodied red – made with grapes from the prestigious Marlborough region on New Zealand’s South Island – has hints of cherries and cranberries, making it super versatile.

With your roulades, trifles and every dessert in between, our Champagne Delacourt Rosé Medium Dry is the perfect way to end any festive meal. This premium pink fizz is made by acclaimed cellar master Carine Bailleul and has flavours of pomegranate, red cherry, caramel and brioche.