It’s going to be the quietest Christmas on record for UK pubs as “punishing” coronavirus restrictions ensure that as many as 39 million pints won’t be poured over the festive period this year.

We round-up a selection of London restaurants, which featured in this year’s Wine List Confidential guide, that are offering Christmas and New Year hampers, meals and wines for delivery and collection.

With London out of lockdown, a plethora of festive fixtures have popped up around the capital to get you in the Christmas mood, from 100 Wardour’s Alpine Lodge to the igloos at Somerset House.

As many as 25 million Brits have expressed a desire to visit restaurants, bars and pubs in December, according to a report from the insights division of Bibendum.

Nothing says Christmas like mulled wine and country house hotel Shrigley Hall in Cheshire is offering guests the chance to bathe in it at its mulled wine hot tub.

As the Wine List Confidential team heads off on our festive break, we would like to wish all of our readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Whether you’re sticking to fizz or splashing out on Burgundy, we’ve trawled through our Global Masters archives to bring you the wines we’re lusting after this holiday season.

The fine wine secondary market has a number of seemingly all-enduring labels at the top, but which are the brands coming up fast?

Online retail giant Amazon is getting into the festive spirit with the launch of a giant plastic stocking capable of holding two litres of wine, which is already proving a hit.