Wine Advent Calender
Wine Advent Calendar: Case of 24 – £69.99
This wine advent calendar from Laithwaite’s Wine Christmas range is a brilliant idea. Have fun all December. There is a half bottle for every advent day. It has a great mix of wine. Perfect.
Tiki Lovers Pineapple Rum – Infused with Pineapple Extract – a new Rum experience
This is a fantastic rum, perfect for Christmas.
Our Tiki Lover’s Pineapple Rum from The Bitter Truth is a rum blend infused with an all-natural, pineapple extract from South America which is allowed to rest for several weeks. This gives the flavours of sugar cane time to mingle elegantly with fruity layers of juicy pineapple, while maintaining the full and complex aromas of the rum blend. Made using a careful blend of aged and unaged Jamaican pot-still rum, 3-year-old Barbados rum, aged in former Bourbon Whiskey barrels and some young column-still rums from Trinidad and Guyana.
This new rum is bold, vibrant and taste-rich with both the rum and pineapple characteristics being given space to shine.
The Serve: Brilliant in all tropical drinks and tiki cocktails.
Available from masterofmalt.com, thewhiskeyexchange.com
Price £28.95
Brut Zéro from Bouvet Ladubay
We were very impressed with this wine and we are very fussy indeed. It is a delicious and fun bubbly. It’s a limited edition sparkling dry wine from Bouvet Ladubay and the first time it has been available in the UK. It’s currently available at Lay & Wheeler.
As the name suggests, this cuvée has no dosage, and so has not a drop of residual sugar. As a result, the wine expresses abundant freshness and minerality, supported by bright citrus and green fruit.
From www.laywheeler.com
Tomatin Scottish
Fantastic whisky. These are perfect stocking fillers.
El Bandarra Red
This is juts fantastic stuff and perfect for Christmas. Xarel·lo and Macabeo grapes are macerated with 50 herb extracts such as clove, cinnamon and bitter orange. After fortifying the wine, it is given a touch of caramel and balanced in Solera oak barrels for two months.
ABV: 15%
Serve: On the rocks with a slice of orange and an olive. This is ready to go or can be topped with soda/tonic.
Available from winebuyers.com, masterofmalt,com, thewhiskeyexchange.com, drinksupermarket.com
Price £21.95
Dark ‘n Stormy Ready-to-Go Cocktail Can – The Perfect Stocking Filler
Cocktails in a can usually taste artificial or just not nice. Not so this Dark ‘n Stormy. It tastes amazing. Just as good as the same cocktail made in a bar or at home.
When you need a convenient, highly refreshing drink that can quickly hit the spot, wherever the parties at, what better than our brand new Goslings Rum Dark ‘n Stormy ready-to-drink cocktail in a can that has just launched in Waitrose!
The iconic Dark ‘n Stormy is Bermuda’s national drink and a trademarked cocktail, which mandates the use of Goslings Black Seal Rum. The name is said to have originated when an old salt observed that the rum floating on top of the ginger beer was the “colour of a cloud only a fool or a dead man would sail under.”
A true taste of Bermuda – the Dark ‘n Stormy ready-to-drink can is made using Goslings Black Seal Rum and Goslings Stormy Ginger Beer with no mixing and no ice required.
Price £2.20 for a can/ 3 for £5
Available at Waitrose.com
Gin Baubles – £35.00
The perfect gift for: The Christmas tree decorator
We love these. They look great, are a fun idea and the gin is superb. A crowd pleaser and the perfect ornament for your Christmas tree. Pickering’s Gin Baubles, filled with Edinburgh’s Nine Botanical Gin, are a fun take on the classic decoration. If the temptation is too much, the best thing about these baubles is that they’re refillable, no-one will ever have to know!