Pino Grigio Wine

Christmas is all about gathering with people you love and celebration. During the festivities, drinking plenty of go, but those who need to serve you this Christmas? Drinks top ten for the Christmas list should include:

Mulled wine

A long tradition, especially cold nights, a glass of mulled wine is a wonderful way to welcome guests after a trudge through the winter. Mulled wine can be purchased ready-such as the popular Gla¼hwein or you can create your own by adding cinnamon, orange, cloves and honey to a bottle of red wine and warming by the fire saucepan. By adding the orange juice you can turn the hot wine in a punch.

Traditional Ales

Although largers are always very popular, traditional beers still hold a significant share of drinks and beverages are always a top ten for Christmas. With hundreds of microbreweries up and down the country, there are many beers to choose from. Some breweries also produce specialty beers for the Christmas season and are often beautifully presented with special labels, which makes a perfect Christmas gift for beer lovers. Kernow Gold Ale, for example, is one of the most popular and well-loved traditional beers.

Brandy

What better way to end Christmas Day dinner with a glass of cognac brandy? A warming, mouth-cleansing drink, fine cognac has traditionally been the best way to round off a good meal. Classics such as Hennessy Fine de Cognac always go down well at Christmas.

No more alcohol

Although Christmas is a time of celebration, you may be asked which drive after the game. A selection of alcohol free beers means they can join the toast without running the risk of driving while impaired thereafter.

White wine

The drier, the light white wines such as Pino Grigio has become more popular over heavier, sweeter wines, and are perfect for mixing with soda water or lemonade to make a 'refreshing spritzer . White wine is also a perfect accompaniment for fish or white meat, helping to cleanse the palate between the two courses.

Red Wine

Heavier and more body than most white wines, a good red wine like a Merlot or Shiraz New World is an ideal gift to welcome your party. Red wines tend to be richer packages and prices vary from a few pounds for a bottle of Merlot perfectly safe to hundreds of pounds for a vintage bottle of wine for a true amateur.

Rosed

Rose wine became popular in the 1970s with the famous Mateus Rose. After the demise of fashion for some time, Rose has made a comeback in the last year, with new varieties available, especially to the New World producers such as Australia and Chile. They are often slightly sweeter than most white wines.

Cocktails

A combination of high spirits and fruit juices or mixers or soft drinks, cocktails are an ideal way to get some really jump. Remember though, that cocktails can actually be much wiser than the amount they first appear, especially if fruit juices or mixers mask the taste of the spirits. When you're mixing cocktails at Christmas, why not go a few additions as alien Absinthe Rodnik, a taste for truly unique?

Liquor

The spirits are always high on any list of the ten best drinks for Christmas, mainly because there is a wide variety available for all tastes. Superb as Glenfiddich malt whiskeys, Irish whiskey like Jameson or Bushmills to the more exotic as a blend of Malibu coconut rum or orange flavor of Cointreau warming, a selection of spirits (including old favorites such as vodka and Bacardi) is a mus.