With the Christmas Pudding or The Christmas Cake

Try not to go on drinking the red wine with the Christmas pudding. It is too sharp and can be too light. Christmas pudding is rich and needs a rich sweet wine to set it off. Buy a Sauternes or French sweet white wine, chill it well in the fridge for two or three hours and you will be astonished how delicious it tastes - even quite a cheap bottle. You could also try a rich Muscatel with the pudding, or even a cream sherry, but save port for the nuts and fruit at the end of the meal.