You can start drinking this as soon as it goes in the bottle but for best results you should least it to mature for about 3 months. A particularly fine Sparkling, beautifully clear liquid with very smooth mousse and a zesty lemon and cooked apple flavour. Beers of Europe strictly adheres to these regulations and by agreeing to our Terms and Conditions on checkout you confirm that you are over 18 years old. These wines tend to work really well with fruit-based desserts (lemon tart is a wonderful combo) or comforting 'nursery' puddings such as bread and butter pudding or fruit crumble. 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.

Lemon tart is not the easiest to pair with wine as not only do you need to match the sweetness but also the tangy citrus flavours. Due to their richness and dense body, these Christmas dessert wines are best enjoyed as an after-dinner tipple rather than before you sit down for a big meal. While, a dark and intensely sweet PX Sherry, such as the multi award-winning Fernando de Castilla Antique Pedro Ximénez, is a fine match for dark chocolate. Cheddar – again a Tawny or a Ruby port will make a great match but you could carry on with the red wine you’ve been drinking as long as the tannins are soft as in an aged Left Bank Bordeaux.A full box also helps to reduce the small chance of damage, as empty compartments collapsing can be a cause of this.

Fortified wines also work a treat as they have enough oomph to stand up to the richness of either chocolate or Christmas pudding – or both if you really want to push the boat out.Or if you’ve used strawberries, opt for a sweeter-style rosé like a refreshing Californian White Zinfandel. In our guide to pudding wine, we’ve explored the basics and even thrown in some top dessert-wine duos to sweeten the deal for you.

The Weingut Schales Silvaner Eiswein is a fabulous example of German Eiswein and great with Christmas Cake. Beers of Europe are active on a number of platforms, follow us everywhere on our social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Tik Tok. Said to be the world’s oldest sweet wine, Tokaji is Hungary’s most famous export, made from botrytis-infected Aszú grapes.It is joined by The Warehouse Taproom, Bar and Restaurant , a fantastic venture which allows us to showcase our superb drinks range, with an accompaniment of great dishes. These are richly sweet dessert wines where the winemaker has achieved a naturally high level of sweetness in the wine by harvesting the grapes at unconventional times (rather than through fortifying). 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. You might think that drinking a wine that is even sweeter than a dessert would make the dessert seem sickly sweet but that is not the case. However I know some Italians who swear by the afore-mentioned Moscato because it’s slight sweetness is the perfect match with the not-too-sweet panettone.