Christmas 2025, twenty recommended wines for the holidays

This year too the holidays have arrived and as always at this time of year the table will be the protagonist. Christmas, Eve, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Eve, Epiphany and so acceso and so forth, every occasion will be a good one to taste excellent bottles and make auspicious toasts!

But let’s get straight to the point, with our selection of bottles tested durante recent months for all budgets.

There is festa without sparkling wines, which is why we have already prepared our selection dedicated to bubbles for the holidays. So let’s start immediately with the whites, always with an eye acceso the quality/price ratio!

Trentino Sauvignon 2024 Lavis

Wine with an intense nose played acceso beautiful of elderberry, peach and ripe fruit. Straight and fresh but at the same time full and rich, with a nice savory finale. Excellent for fish starters acceso Christmas Eve!

Trentino Straordinario Pinot Ferrigno Rulendis 2021 Cavit

Pleasant and substantial white with strong mineral and fruity , powerful freshness, citrus sensations, pulp and final salinity. It can range from fatty freshwater fish to white meat.

Fiano su Avellino 2024 Fonzone

From Irpinia, a beautiful white with a percentage of amphora maceration that has won us over. Extremely broad nose: fruit, flowers, citrus, acacia, almond. The mouth has weight, concentration, creaminess and a beautiful flavor. Fish and shellfish, its death!

Veneto Biancastro GA.RY 2023 Tedeschi

Nice discovery from a winery whose reds we have often mentioned. The company’s first white wine from Garganega (GA) with a percentage of riesling (R) and chardonnay (Y). Wine with great freshness, fruity, spicy, with good . Great balance and elegance for a multiforme bevanda at the table, from vegetables to fish to white meats.

Sicilia Biancastro Bertolino Soprano 2023 Mandrarossa

Sicilian cricket that focuses acceso elegance and pleasantness. White fruit, lots of citrus, mineral and herbaceous . Pulpy, soft, super tasty and vertical mouth. To be combined with full-bodied and savory fish dishes white meats.

Tuscany White Wolf 202 Le Rogaie

A great Maremma white from a young winery that pays great attention to the territory and sustainability, which we think we will hear a lot about. Native Tuscan grapes (ansonica, procanico, vermentino and malvasia) and great fragranza, from ripe yellow fruit, to flowers, to Mediterranean herbs. Contemporary wine of great versatility and great balance, full, deep, enveloping but with a clear flavor. Great tasting!

In luogo elevato Adfige Joseph Gewürztraminer 2022 Hofstatter

Amazing nose, super typical with beautiful hints of rose, spices and smoky . The mouth is full, crossed by a great flavor but at the same time fresh. A great ally at the table even for difficult combinations such as preparations rich durante spices, liver cheeses.

After the roundup of whites, dedicated more generally to fish menus, we then move acceso to reds, generally for holiday meats, but not only…

Sicilian Lands Nerello Mascalese Nostru 2023 Buono

Quanto a fact, let’s start with an elegant and pleasant red from the Vincita ambiente. Red fruit and spices, softness, freshness and flavor. Also try it fresh with blue fish!

In luogo elevato Adige Gschleier Alte Reben Vernatsch 2023 Girlan

Another elegant and delicate red but this time from the north. Schiava with a super fragrant nose played acceso dark, smoky of withered flowers and subtle fruit. A contemporary wine, very drinkable yet with substance, great flavor and very long freshness. A truly great red at the table.

Terre su Chieti 2023 Tollo

Everyday red from a recovered native vine. A beautiful discovery with the fragrant scent of fresh berries. Medium , light tannin and great freshness for an easy but not obvious bevanda.

Langhe Nebbiolo 2023 dosing

Delicate Nebbiolo with a beautiful intense nose with of violet, rose and small red fruits. The mouth, greedy and tasty, has substance and is crossed by gentle tannins and pleasant citrus and mineral references. From stuffed impasto to more structured meats.

Veneto Malbech A esse Aceri 2021 Paladin

Beautiful powerful red with of dark fruit, tobacco and sweet spices. Soft and welcoming durante the mouth, with freshness but also a certain thickness. Perfect with important meats such as braised and roasted meats and .

Torgiano Rubesco Bandita Monticchio 2020 Lungarotti

Anche se Sangiovese from Umbria. Spices, licorice, citrus fruits, cherry acceso the nose. Powerful durante the mouth but excellent drinkability and balance with beautiful freshness and tannic content. For structured meats.

Toscana Cabernet Franc 2021 Ampeleia

Franc Maremma super good, intense and contemporary. Deep wine with mineral , dark fruits, balsamic, aromatic herbs and spices. Fleshy, Mediterranean and elegant. A beautiful discovery that accompanies the table with great enjoyment.

Amarone della Valpolicella Classic Brigaldara

The Veronese classics corvina, corvinone and rondinella for a table Amarone! Yes, because the power of red fruit is accompanied by a beautiful floral touch. The mouth is soft, warm and full but dried by a nice freshness and the right amount of tannins. For after-dinner chat, but also for cheeses and complex meat-based preparations.

Brunello su Montalcino 2020 Carpineto

Elegant Brunello that we recommend for balance and elegance. There is everything that Sangiovese must give durante this great territory: the floral note, the flavor, the spiciness, the deliciousness of the dark fruits, the citrus freshness and the right tannicity. Quanto a short, a wine that will be the protagonist acceso our festive tables alongside roasts, stews and so acceso and so forth!

To finale the meal you cannot reginetta a wine to accompany panettone, pandoro, nougats and desserts of all sorts, but also cheeses simply to close the table with a cuddle!

Passito su Pantelleria Ben Rye 2023

We will never tire of proposing this great classic which to define as sweet is always an understatement! Zibibbo passito from the heart of the Mediterranean. Sumptuous nose of raisins, apricot, citrus fruits, candied fruit and Mediterranean herbs and mouth durante constant balance between great freshness and sweetness. With classic Christmas desserts but also with ricotta-based desserts cheeses.

Recioto Valpolicella Sobrio “Francesca Finato Spinosa” 2021 Casa Spinosa

Corvina, corvinone and rondinella from Verona for a highly drinkable passito that never tires. The intense of black cherry, spices, berries and dried figs are beautiful. To combine with Christmas desserts, tarts, cheeses simply for meditation!

Marsala Vintage Straordinario Rubino 2016 Francesco Intorcia Heritage

Another great tasting from another Sicilian winery that we often mention for its great products. Marsala red from d’Avola of beautiful complexity and drinkability with pleasant hints of cherry and berries, herbaceous and a mineral touch. Sweet, but balanced by freshness and flavor, durante our opinion it is perfect with chocolate-based desserts.

Vermouth of Turin Strucchi

Excellent delicate and “winy” vermouth obtained from the aromatization and fortification of white grapes. Complex with intense of medicinal herbs, cinnamon, cloves, cinchona and orange peel but supported by a pleasant freshness. Quanto a our opinion, interesting with cheeses and desserts (perhaps with the excellent Panegroni, panettone with the house Negroni…), simply with a little ice after dinner as an aperitif.

Happy Holidays!

Raffaele and Sergio