Leslie Williams picks bottles for every budget, taste and Christmas celebration

Bordeaux itself is less fashionable but I still drink it regularly, I love how it ages and I particularly love its balance of fruit, tannins and acidity and how the wines only occasionally go over 14% ABV. Three to try.

Maybe selfies are the point of The Ivy Asia. It certainly isn’t the cooking.

The wines are only just in the market and I like what I’ve tasted so far.

Showcasing Les Deux Cols wines

"Jerk marinade ‘comote’ (€16), aka sweet potato, was also rather diminutive but this time we didn’t mind as it was outstanding — the dish of the evening for me."

"My very first taste of wine was a Christmas dinner sip of my dad’s sweet German wine (possibly ‘RM’ Liebfraumilch) in the late 1970s.  I would hate it now, but back then I thought it tasted sweet and magical, a window into the grown-up world..."

"Crément de Loire sparklers are everywhere and are fantastic value, dry and sweet rosé are too."

"These days expect vibrant dry great value riesling, and earthy red fruited Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder) that rivals village Burgundy but at half the price."

"As independents nationwide will stock all the winning wines, the prices are lower than usual, giving the independent trade a chance to compete (a little) with the supermarkets."