Enchanting Selection: Top 10 Best Wines for Christmas 2023 – A Festive Journey 🎄

The top 10 best red wines, top 10 best wine wines, top 10 best rose wines and top 10 sparkling wines of 2023, listed only for you to celebrate Christmas 2023 properly as a wine lover.

By Merasturda

Whether you’re a seasoned maestro of the vine, a disciple of Dionysus, or a neophyte yearning for vinous wisdom, this exhaustive guide to the crème de la crème of Christmas 2023 wines shall be your trusty comrade. Let’s embark on this palate-pleasing odyssey together!

These extraordinary vintages have ensnared the affections and discerning tastes of enthusiasts, presenting a symphony of tradition and avant-garde innovation.

From the sun-drenched vineyards of Napa Valley to the time-honored châteaux of Bordeaux and the undulating hills of Tuscany, these wines personify the craftsmanship and fervor of their creators. Join us as we revel in the glory of the 10 finest wines of 2023, where each sip is an invitation to immerse oneself in a realm of refined taste.

In the grand tradition of Dionysian festivities and Apollonian judgments, let us commence a journey, a pilgrimage if you will, through the sacred vineyards and mystical cellars housing the world’s preeminent wines. The year 2023, destined to be etched in vinicultural history for begetting vintages that sing the terroir’s song, beckons us to explore its pinnacle: the top 10 wines. This isn’t a mere list; it’s a tapestry interwoven with the golden strands of tradition and the silver filaments of innovation.

Revealing the Eminent Wines of 2023

Unveiling the paramount wines of 2023 lays bare the unrivaled quality and diversity of this year’s selections. These vinous masterpieces have been meticulously curated for their extraordinary characteristics, earning them the coveted title of top wine picks. Bestowed with accolades from industry maestros (although we’re not overly concerned with accolades here; it doesn’t sway our scoring much), these award-winning wines solidify their standing as unparalleled choices.

Whether you’re a seasoned aficionado or a casual wine wanderer, these wine proclamations are poised to astonish. From robust Cabernet Sauvignons to intricate and graceful Pinot Noirs, there exists a libation for every discerning palate. Dive into the vinous cosmos with these top wines of 2023 and elevate your oenophilic journey with these exceptional selections.  #VinousVoyage #WineWonders

Unveiling the paramount wines of 2023 lays bare the unrivaled quality and diversity of this year’s selections. These vinous masterpieces have been meticulously curated for their extraordinary characteristics, earning them the coveted title of top wine picks. Bestowed with accolades from industry maestros (although we’re not overly concerned with accolades here; it doesn’t sway our scoring much), these award-winning wines solidify their standing as unparalleled choices.

Whether you’re a seasoned aficionado or a casual wine wanderer, these wine proclamations are poised to astonish. Dive into the vinous cosmos with these top wines of 2023 and elevate your oenophilic journey with these exceptional selections. 🌐✨ #VinousVoyage #WineWonders 🍇📚

Château d’Esclans Whispering Angel Rosé 2022 | Score: 90 | Price: 25 $ | Body: Light-bodied

Tasting Notes: This Provençal rosé is a crowd-pleaser with its charming bouquet of red berries and citrus fruits. The palate is light and refreshing, making it perfect for sipping poolside or enjoying at a picnic.

Indulge in the world of exceptional rose wines and discover the joy they bring to your wine collection and your palate.

Why rosé is the perfect winter drink

Whispering Angel makes a compelling argument for adding a bottle of rosé to your Christmas shopping list

Think of rosé, and you’ll probably imagine summer afternoons in the park, or stiflingly hot days in pub gardens. You’re unlikely to picture sophisticated après ski scenes in the French Alps, a festive feast with family and friends, or the wine menu of a fine dining restaurant. Whispering Angel, part of Chateau d’Esclans, is determined to change that.

“For a long time,” explains Sacha Lichine, Whispering Angel’s founder, “rosé was considered to be cheap and cheerful: it was something you would drink on the Riviera, or in the summer with some ice on the beach, and it would probably give you a headache.” He also mentions that a certain machismo has previously kept many men from enjoying rosé. “Before, men sort of beat on their chest and had to drink big burgundies, things like that. [For rosé] it was mostly a female consumer.” The mission, as he saw it, was to change both these misconceptions. “Our adventure was to make this into ‘real wine’, and to get up in the bigger leagues as far as the quality was concerned.”

He certainly succeeded. The brand turned to the greatest winemaker in the business – the late Patrick Léon was its founding consulting oenologist, and his son Bertrand remains Chateau d’Esclans’ technical director to this day – in order to elevate rosé to the status it deserved. Sourcing from renowned vineyards across Provence and experimenting with a blend of modern and traditional techniques, the brand created Whispering Angel. A versatile, elegant, and sophisticated wine, it’s become a favourite of celebrities (including the Beckhams and Adele) and sommeliers alike.

The saying “the best view comes after the hardest climb” was validated on Sunday as the Jamaica Food + Drink Festival Brunch In The Hills team reintroduced their sponsors, key clients, and festival devotees to yet another of the country’s hidden gems: White Mist at Peter’s Rock.

The winding trek from Norbrook to Peter’s Rock — a peak in Woodford, St Andrew — was, for want of a better word, rocky, but the breathtaking vistas on arrival were worth every bump in the road.

The magnificent array of culinary delights aptly labelled brunch bites courtesy of Trevanne Donegal for Visa and well-appointed Select Brands bars were welcome sights, as too, the misty cityscape in the background. Guests settled readily in the spectacular setting which was further enhanced by Shikima Hinds and team for Events Concierge.

Brunch wrapped with two patrons walking away with paintings by Jamaican artist Alphanso Blake courtesy of NCB Capital Markets.

Slice of Life: Louis Poulsen launches the Pale Rose collection, the new Apple Watch Series 9 and more

By Jesslyn Lye, Janice Sim and Amelia Chia

As the end of the year approaches, a plethora of intriguing ventures and brand launches offers plenty to look forward to. On the culinary front, the new Whispering Angel Vintage 2022 rosé proves the perfect gastronomic companion for summertime culinary experiences.

The French have swapped their red wine for rosé – it feels unseasonal and wrong

They’re drinking it all year round but like putting pumpkins outside your home in April or singing Christmas carols in August, it’s unseemly

By Celia Walden

Are the French having some kind of identity crisis? I only ask because if there are two areas they’re expert in – world leaders, even – it’s surely sex and wine. Yet yesterday we heard two bombshell news reports. First, that our Gallic cousins were turning to crude and clumsy Brits (and our hit TV series, Sex Education) for help in teaching youngsters about everything from flirting and consent to foreplay and nude selfies – and second, that with red wine sales in France now plummeting, rosé had become the French tipple of choice. They’re even drinking it in winter.

Rosé. A few years ago, just the word would have given me a tingle of excitement, conjuring up, as it did, everything lovely: the promise of summer, of long lunches, of tipsy nights, pretty dresses, flirting, clinking ice cubes, laughter.

I’m not sure I would have got through the pandemic without Whispering Angel, which became such a social fixture in my friendship group that it eventually had its own emoji. But you can have too much of a good thing, as it turns out, and last year, as summer turned into autumn and then winter, I remember thinking: “Why are people still drinking rosé?”

Like decking out the front of your house with pumpkins in April or singing Christmas carols in August, it felt wrong on an intrinsic level. And maybe that would have been enough to kill it for me, even without the rise of the Rosé Movement. Because suddenly, this innocent, far-too-easy-to-drink wine had become the avocado of the booze world.

You couldn’t scroll through Instagram without seeing a dozen, giggly girls in cute, cropped ‘La Vie En Rosé’ T-shirts or ‘Rosé All Day’ straw hats (full disclosure, I once had one). A raft of female celebrities – Kylie, Drew Barrymore, Sarah Jessica Parker – got into the rosé wine game, endlessly touting their wares, only a lot of it wasn’t from the gorgeous, peachy side of the family, but Côte de Provence’s brash, saccharine cousin: blush.

Once upon a time you couldn’t even order rosé in France – where it was dismissed as a “swimming pool drink” – out of season. Trying to do so would get you the same ferocious response as ordering your steak “well done”. It was all part of a national battle, waged daily, against vulgarity. So what on earth has happened?

The youth. That’s what. According to independent winemaker, Thomas Montagne, people, “especially the young” have ditched their traditional reds for “something easier to drink, [that] contains fewer tannins and feels more festive.”

I like to think that me going off rosé is a good sign: part of my evolutionary process. That I’m naturally going to mature into the kind of person who only drinks red wine and espressos and prefers the BBC World Service to LBC. Because with tastes, as with everything, you have to be aspirational – and surely the French have always understood that?