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WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS... LEANNE OLIVIER from Cru Wines encourages you to travel the world with wine, offering some great alternative choices for the festive season...
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t's lockdown 2.0 and who knows where we’ll be at Christmas? One thing is certain, the nights are darker, colder and the fires are on! As we turn to our winter-time creature comforts such as slippers, electric blankets and roast dinners what should we be drinking? There will always be the typical classics. However, after a year of limited travel and exploration, why not travel the world with wine this winter and try something different? For those who enjoy crisp, dry, aromatic Sauvignon Blancs, travel to Macedonia to try a bottle of Tikves Smederevka. Smederevka is an indigenous grape that is similar in style to Sauvignon Blanc; a pale lemon wine delivering tropical and stone fruit aromas underpinned by a streak of zesty citrus. A perfectly balanced easy sip! If you prefer a rounder, heavier white for food, how about a wine tour of the gorgeous South Africa? Oaked in huge 50 litre oak barrels for a year, the Babylonstoren Chardonnay has a beautiful round buttery note, or the Olifantsberg Grenache Blanc is a richly textured wine that’s a real treat! A very quaffable fruity red can be found by popping over to Sicily for a bottle of Vitese Nero d'Avola with rich, juicy flavours of ripe plum and black cherries interlaced with subtle violet notes? And for a heavier red, that deserves decanting & pondering over simply catch a flight to Central Chile where halfway between the coastline
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and The Andes mountains you’ll find a wonderful bottle of Undurraga Cabernet Franc. Guaranteed to warm you up. With the fire burning, the cheese board ready and fortified wines on your mind, transport yourself to California and explore a glass of Starboard 88 a fortified wine with luscious ripe blackberry, raisin and chocolate truffle flavours. Delicious! And if these wines sound perfect, chances are someone you know might also like them! We hand wrap and bag our bottles so your perfect
Christmas gift is ready to give, and we also have vouchers, gift packs, tastings and events that would make a great treat for that someone special too. Explore Cru Wines Emporium and Tasting Room at 4 Silver Street, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1JX, or visit our online shop. • cruwines.co.uk
"We hand wrap and bag our bottles so your perfect Christmas gift is ready to give"
