Lyme Bay Christmas Pudding Wine 75cl

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In terms of sugary snacks, these lighter styles of dessert wine are well suited to milder flavoured sweets and biscuits like fudge and shortbread. These are beautiful dessert wines to enjoy on their own if you fancy a little drop of something sweet on Christmas Day afternoon, but also make a fantastic pairing with light, creamy desserts and fruity puddings. Trifle and other creamy and fruity desserts will also benefit from a sweet sparkling Moscato d’Asti because whilst the wine is sweet it also has mouth-watering acidity which cuts through the rich cream and custard and complements the fruit.

These are wines produced from grapes left to freeze on the vines; when the grapes are pressed only the sweet juices that have not frozen are used in the wines. These are super sweet wines made from grapes that were left to freeze on the vine during the winter months (hence the name). From figgy pudding and Christmas cake to yule logs and mince pies, there’s a dessert wine to suit any sweet treat your heart desires. The combination of the nutty flavours of the port match perfectly with the dried fruits and nuts of mince pies (and Christmas Pudding). Cold desserts might be best with chilled dessert wines, whereas warm or hot pudding can be served with room-temperature or slightly chilled wines.

The Fonseca Quinta do Panascal is a Reserve Ruby that’s seen a little ageing, displaying notes of rich plum fruit and sweet spice that would go beautifully with a dark chocolate torte. This is a proper winter warmer, full of all those lovely spices and dried fruit notes you'd expect to find in a Christmas pudding. Rich chocolate desserts such as chocolate torte need an equally rich wine – ideally, one with plenty of body and fruit flavours to avoid either being overpowered.

Please do not attempt to enter this web site if you are not above the legal age of drinking alcohol in your country of residence.However, the sugar levels are just the start, there is so much more to dessert wines than their sweetness. Enjoyed at room temperature or gently heated, it is the perfect accompaniment to cold nights and festive gatherings.

Luscious and honeyed yet crisp, it’s perfectly balanced and a cracking pairing for fruity cheesecakes and soufflés. When it comes to bringing it all together and enjoying a glass of dessert wine with your favourite festive puddings, there are a few handy tips for how to nail these sweet pairings. The Weingut Schales Silvaner Eiswein is a fabulous example of German Eiswein and great with Christmas Cake.We all know this traditional dessert can be incredibly sweet and already quite boozy on its own – especially if you’ve been feeding it with brandy – so a nice chilled glass of light-bodied Moscato is rather refreshing. and in the same way I wonder if it would be improved (and possibly cheaper) by extracting from a christmas pudding recipe the flavours required and leaving out those that aren't (suet, eggs, etc)? Cut pudding into thin slices, place in a bucket, pour 5 pints of boiled water, whilst still hot and stir.

Notes of apricot and candy floss make it a top choice for tropical fruit desserts like banoffee pie or pineapple cake. Christmas Pudding and Mince Pies are delicious with the similarly flavoured aged Tawny Ports and rich Madeiras; both wines go very well with rich chocolate desserts too. Velvety smooth with notes of nougat and roasted nuts, it’s a lovely flavour and texture match for white chocolate, as well as creamy desserts like sherry trifle.Sweet muscat is the best bet here whether a vin doux naturel from France or even the island of Samos or a ‘stickie’ from Down Under.