What to buy Pre-breakfast Mosel Vintage bubbly

Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett 2017, Willi Schaefer (£85 for six at 75cl; www.justerinis.com)

Breakfast buck’s fizz

Cuvée Royale Brut, Crémant de Limoux (£11.99; www.waitrosecellar.com)

With cake or biscuits

Amontillado Viejo Emilio Hidalgo El Tresillo 1874 (£84; www.thegoodwineshop.co.uk) Wiston Estate Blanc de Blancs 2010 (£39.95; www.swig.co.uk); Waitrose Brut Special Reserve Vintage Champagne 2007 (£25.99; www.waitrosecellar. com); Pol Roger Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill 2008 (£199.95; www.thefinest bubble.com)

With fish starter

Chablis 1er Cru Vaulorent, 2016 Marcel et Blanche Fèvre (£32; www.tanners-wines.co.uk); Louro do Bolo Valdeorras 2017, Bodegas Rafael Palacios (£19.95; www.bbr.com)

With the turkey or goose

Maranges 1er Cru Les Clos Roussot 2016 Domaine Maurice Charleux (£22.99; www. waitrosecellar.com); Marsannay Cuvée St Urbain 2014 Domaine Jean Fournier (£22.50 IB; www.bbr.com); Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes 2016 Domaine Bitouzet-prieur (£75; www.bbr.com)

Sweet and sticky, with the Christmas pudding

Pedro Ximénez Emilio Hidalgo (£16.35 per 50cl; www.lescaves.co.uk); Château Suduiraut 1998 (£21 per 37.5cl; www. thewinesociety.com)

Vintage Port

Fonseca Quinta do Panascal 2001 (£29.99; www.waitrosecellar.com); Taylor’s 2003 Vintage Port (£63.95; www.thewhiskyexchange.com)

The final piquant pick-me-up

Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg Riesling Kabinett 2017 (£85 for six at 75cl; www.justerinis.com)

Single malt

Kilchoman Sanaig (£51.95; www.thewhiskyexchange. com)