B0XING DAY SWEET AND FORTIFIED

NV Very Rare Palo Cortado Lustau, Jerez, Spain

£6, half bottle, M&S NUTTY, intense and very dry, with bitter orange rind highlights, drink this wine cool, not ice-cold, and you will find yourself entranced by the complex aroma and flavour. There is nothing better to get your juices flowing before a hearty meal than drinking a small glass of this wondrous elixir.

NV Moscatel de Alejandría, Jerez, Spain

£6.49, 50cl bottle, reduced to £4.99 until Jan 3, Waitrose THIS is a very cute little wine with a jaunty air and a lovely lick of sweetness. There are few grapes that one uses the word ‘grapey’ as a fitting flavour description, but Moscatel is a dead ringer for drinking ice-cold grape juice with the accompanying freshness and also fruit sweetness. Light, pure, happygo-lucky and charming, this is a budget wine which will enchant your senses.

NV Graham’s Crusted Port, Portugal

£20, reduced to £15 until Jan 1, Sainsbury’s CRUSTED Port is an unfiltered style of wine which I very much like and which you should try if you have never done so before. There is a lot of sediment or ‘crust’ in this bottle, so you need to carefully pour the wine into a decanter, leaving the sediment behind. The discarded crust has nourished this deep, dark Port, resulting in an extra power and intensity — and so for £15 you can experience a turbo-charged Port style like no other.

NV Taylor’s, 10-Year-Old Tawny Port, Portugal

£22, reduced to £16 until Jan 1, Sainsbury’s TAYLOR’S makes the most famous Tawny of all and the style here is more redfruited and spicy than that of Noval. This makes it a style of port which goes miraculously well with Christmas cake, Christmas pud and mince pies. It is also sensational paired with mature Cheddar and other aged hard cheeses.