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10 top wine matches for a vegetarian (or vegan) Christmas

Posted by Fiona Beckett (Google+) on December 14 2024 at 09:19

It’s a sign of the times that when I first wrote this post over 10 years ago I said “Vegetarians often get overlooked at this time of year” That’s obviously no longer the case but veggie - and vegan - options are now so numerous and so diverse it can be tricky to work out which wine would work best with them.

For a start it depends whether they’re hot like a Vegetarian Wellington or a whole. baked cauliflower or celeriac or cold like a crunchy salad.

It also depends on the flavours - whether they’re classically Christmassy or zingy and spicy. The kind of food you want to wake up your palate just after Christmas.

I’ve picked 10 recipes from popular cookery writers including Felicity Cloake, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Diana Henry and Meera Sodha.

Hopefully they’ll provide inspiration for Christmas eating as well as drinking ...

Felicity Cloake’s Vegetarian Wellington

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