"I like an LBV, a port that's aged for up to six years in barrel, especially with cheese or anything chocolatey. Another bottle you're likely to see at Christmas and one I've finally got my family on board with is sherry. Specifically, for us, pedro ximenez. It's generally the most intense and sweet of the sherries, and made from grapes that are dried in the sun."
"Or how about something completely different? Elleisha Adriana, head of wine at Elephant, a new east London restaurant with an entirely Italian wine list, loves a recioto della Valpolicella, a sweet red dessert wine that's also made using dried grapes: It tastes like Christmas fruit cake, with slightly dried cherry, brown sugar and baking spice notes, she says. It also works amazingly with rich, salty blue cheese the addition of the recioto della Valpolicella feels as if you've completed the whole dessert."
After-dinner drink options include fortified and naturally sweet wines such as LBV port, tawny or ruby port, and Pedro Ximenez sherry. LBV port is aged up to six years in barrel and pairs well with cheese and chocolate. Pedro Ximenez is intensely sweet, made from sun-dried grapes, and can substitute for marsala in tiramisu. Sweet Italian wines like recioto della Valpolicella are made from dried grapes and offer notes of dried cherry, brown sugar and baking spice, pairing especially well with rich, salty blue cheese. Sweet French fortified wines such as rivesaltes and banyuls are also recommended.
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