Celebrate Christmas with the best of British food and wine. From delicate canapes and starters to mouth-watering main courses and indulgent cheese boards, you can raise a toast this season with quality produce and crowd-pleasing wine.
Starters
…Smoked salmon
A crisp, light and refreshing white wine will match beautifully with a smoked salmon starter.
Wine to try: Sharpham Dart Valley Reserve, English Quality Wine is zesty and bursting with citrus aromas and flavours.
…Chicken Liver parfait
Wine to try: Start your festive feast with a bottle of Ridgeview Blanc de Blancs, English Sparkling Wine 2018. With toasty brioche notes and a creamy texture, this bubbly is truly elegant and moreish.
…Warm Vegetarian Scotch Egg
Wine to try: Pair Ashling Park Estate, Brut English Quality Sparkling Wine with this mouth-watering starter. With delicate bubbles and aromas and flavours of ripe orchard fruit, it’s a bottle that is perfect to share with friends and family on Christmas Day at the table. Or pick up the Shropshire Ales Dozen – Christmas for those who want to sample some of Shropshire’s finest breweries.
Mains
…Roast Turkey
A perennial Christmas favourite from small dinners to family feasts, a roast turkey often takes centre stage at the table. Famously lean, a turkey pairs well with a variety of wines. We’ve picked two bottles from our English wine range that will match perfectly.
Wine to try: A bottle of Chapel Down Kit's Coty Chardonnay, North Downs will make a great Christmas centrepiece. Rich and sumptuous, it’s a top-quality example of English Chardonnay.
Wine to try: An unmissable bottle of English Sparkling wine this Christmas, Nyetimber Classic Cuvée, English Sparkling Wine is a must-have for Christmas Day. It’s elegant, opulent and a real crowd-pleaser. Included in the Tanners Christmas sparkling offers, this English gem is not only superb quality but fantastic value. And if you’re hosting a thirsty crowd then pick up the Nyetimber Classic Cuvée, English Sparkling Wine – Magnum which is also included in the sensational sparkling offers this Christmas.
…Christmas Ham
Wine to try: With a hint of sweetness on the finish, the Three Choirs Estate Hand Harvested Willow Brook, English Regional Wine will pair wonderfully with the salty ham.
English Cheese Board
Suggested cheese board: Baron Bigod (a cheese in the style of Brie de Meaux), Appleby’s Cheshire, Wensleydale, Lincolnshire Poacher and Bath Blue
A curated cheeseboard of various English cheeses can be a perfect way to finish a festive feast.
Wine to try: Rowton Late Harvest Solaris – half is made just on the outskirts of Shrewsbury, not far from Tanners HQ. Rich and fruity, this sweet wine can accompany a variety of cheese board combinations.
Add an English twist to your celebrations and celebrate the best of British wine this Christmas.
