Bubbly for an impromptu celebration

Veuve Clicquot Champers. Price: free, top xmas pressie! Tastes best chilled in inpromptu celebrations

Widely available, c £26-30 per bottle.

@RachelBurrows

A sweet number from Brown Brothers

Brown Brothers Orange Muscat. Great sweetness to go with pudding. Sainsburys £6.49 375ml

@whitemg

Oz red is no turkey

Gulf Station Pinot Noir. Great light fruity Ozzie red for the turkey. M&S £9.99

@whitemg

Advocaat: the taste of Christmas?

Warninks Advocaat. It’s just not Christmas without it. Widely available c£10 a bottle

@Junction10

Hardy’s is full of flavour

Hardy’s 2008 riesling Gewurtztraminer – very yummy, full of citrus fruit flavours.

Widely available, c £6-7 a bottle.

@Claire_Michelle

It’s balanced, for starters

Weingarten Weissenkirchen, Grüner Veltliner, balanced Austrian white, ideal with starter. Majestic £7.99.

http://www.majestic.co.uk/

@whitemg

Refreshing Knappstein

Knappstein, Clare Valley, riesling. Very fresh and refreshing, light with lingering honey tones. Yumtastic. Majestic, £8.99 (moreish)

@Jaynehowarth

Zesty Spanish white

Palacio de Menade Rueda. Zesty Spanish white with hints of pear. Delish! Laithwaites £7.49.

@whitemg

Cheap and surprisingly cheerful

Austin’s winter drink (like Winter Pimms) from Aldi c. £3. And it is gorgeous#cheap Recommended. Shamefully cheap  - lacks depth of Pimms, but who cares?

@Jaynehowarth

Yum: bubbly

Gobillard et Fils brut rose Champagne. Utterly lush and moussey. Lots of small bubbles. No idea of cost – office party

@JayneHowarth