Ten wonderful red wines to order now for festive nights in
From fruity Vacqueyras to a very superior Langhe Nebbiolo, what to drink this festive season
Christmas calls for warming, full bodied reds
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Wine merchants have been experiencing incredibly high demand this year as we all put our restaurant budget into our home-drinking.
Here are some of the wines I love (and which are still in stock.). They include a relaxed and fruity Vacqueyras that would make a good house red and go all the way up to a very superior Langhe Nebbiolo.
Domaine de Montvac Vacqueyras Arabesque 2018
The Drinks Business
14 December 2020 By Arabella Mileham
Fine wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd has toasted its best year in a decade, with group sales and operating profits hitting its highest point since 2010, according to accounts filed at Companies House, following a restructuring of the core business under its then executive chairman Lizzy Rudd.
In the year to 31 March 2020, underlying group sales rose £220.45m (before the accounting adjustment for en primeur sales), compared to £219m in 2019, while underlying group operating profit (excluding en primeur adjustment) grew a whopping 214% to £5.238m, up from £1.667m the previous year.
“However, with a revaluation loss of £3.3m on BBR’s UK property portfolio primarily due to the impact of covid-19 on year end valuations, the company recorded an overall loss for the financial year of £593,000, ”