Wine with Leslie: Fortify your wine rack as winter arrives with these selections

"This Christmas I’ll mostly be drinking aged Tawny Port, inspired by an extraordinary tasting where I sampled a dozen aged Ports from Kopke, the oldest of the Port houses..."

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If it is wintery outside and approaching Christmas it is time to look to the fortified section of your local off-licence. I drink Sherry, Port and Madeira all year but I admit November and December is when it works best.

Top vintage Port used to cost much the same as top Bordeaux like Château Margeaux and Ch. Latour, these days it is a tenth of the price making Vintage and aged Tawny Port amazing value (and it can age 100 years).