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Drinks – both alcoholic (wine, beer and spirits) or soft (fizzy soda pop, juice, squash and mixers) – which are suitable choices for Christmas parties are recommended and discussed in this Christmas Party Planning > Drinks category.

The word wassail comes from the Anglo-Saxon toast “be thou hale” – which translates as: “to your health.” In feudal times, peasants would go “a-wassailing” (also known as caroling) door to door in hopes of scoring snacks such as figgy pudding and alcoholic drinks such as mulled wine and wassail.
What commonly passes for wassail today [...]

Now this is really the ultimate gift for the ultimate wino. French Wine Adventures have two great packages available for the ultimate wine lover.
Play Winemaker for a Day – €149.00 per person
If you think you know your wine, then this little adventure will either validate you knowldege, or completely obliterate it. Château Haut Garriguein [...]

Always regret opening that last bottle? What if you had to solve a complex puzzle in order to open it? The wooden wine bottle puzzle makes it really difficult to get into your wine, a worthy practical joke for Christmas time – especially if you know someone will need the bottle for guests later on. [...]

Eggnog originated in Europe, probably England, before the 18th century. It was an upper class drink, owing to the value and rarity of fresh milk and eggs. It is a warm, alcoholic drink consumed in Winter to ward off the cold. There is debate over which spirit should properly be added to it, but cognac [...]

With all the super wine you’ll be drinking leading up to and including Christmas, you’ll want to make sure that you have a nice carafe to decant it into before drinking. A very good wine can be wasted by not decanting properly, or not decanting at all, especially if it is a little older or [...]

The Little Creature Brewery in Fremantle, Western Australia, is no ordinary brewery. When you first enter the venue and restaurant, you could be mistaken for thinking you are in a boat shed, as it is situated in the Fremantle Doctor. But in years gone by, the now brewery was in fact a tourist crocodile farm, and [...]

If you’re a wine enthusiast or just interested in wine, the hottest wine book on the shelves at the moment is Nigel Beckett and friends 1001 Wines: You Must Try Before You Die.
Quite simply, this book aims to provide you with an ecclectic mix of wines from around the world that an assortment of [...]

Christmas, and the weeks leading into it is certainly jammed packed full of social events, drinks, and dinner parties. Our friends at The Wine Blokes have kindly agreed to provide some expert recommendations on all things beverage wise including wine, beer, sparkling, champagne and spirits leading up to Christmas.
Wine Blokes Notes: As far as French [...]