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HOW TO HOST CHRISTMAS

For any wine lover, Christmas offers the opportunity to bring out the best bottles in the cellar – but is this the wisest strategy? The truth is that the Christmas meal, with its stuffing, sauces and sides, is a bit of a wine killer – and there may well be family members around your table who would frankly rather be drinking their favourite Chilean Merlot.

Still, it’s your Christmas as well as everyone else’s and if you don’t drink your best bottles on one of the

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