What to Drink with What

The rule about drink, as about food, is do what you like and try out new combinations. All that matters is that you please yourself and your family. Christmas is a time when most of us buy more drink than usual, and it is a special treat to serve a number of different wines with a meal. Christmas is one time you can do it without having expensive bottles left over, because you can as easily serve six people with a different bottle for each course, as three bottles of the same wine, which may go well with the turkey, but will taste a bit odd with the first courses, or the Christmas pudding. Here are a few ideas. I have just mentioned the type of wine I think goes well with each dish. Obviously, how good a wine you buy of each kind is a matter of choice.