All About Cognac for delicious magazine

"Christmas may be the time to set fire to brandy over the pud, but as cognac brand ambassador Alexandre Quintin explained to Craig Butcher, he’d much prefer we drank the stuff instead."

To read the full article all about cognac with Remy Martin brand ambassador Alexandre Quintin by freelance food and drink journalist Craig Butcher for the delicious magazine website of the UK's best food magazine, click here.

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Christmas wines for delicious. magazine

"While Christmas lunch usually decides itself, matching wines to the fruits of your labours on the big day can be a trickier affair. Craig Butcher got some corking advice from the experts at the brilliantly-named wine merchants Planet of the Grapes."

To read the full wine-buying for Christmas guide by freelance food and drink journalist Craig Butcher for the delicious magazine website, including reviews of Tanners Wines, Virgin Wines, From Vineyards Direct and Naked Wines click here. Read More......

Christmas Food Miles for Channel 4 Food

"Friends and relatives travel a long way for Christmas lunch, but you don’t necessarily want the same to be true of your food. Craig Butcher gets the low down for 4Food on which supermarkets lead the way in minimising Christmas lunch food miles.

Whole turkey
Nothing says Christmas Day lunch better than the centrepiece of the occasion - the bird. Waitrose sources its free-range turkeys from Lincolnshire although some also come from Wicklow in Ireland. ASDA’s turkeys travel from Norwich and Sainsbury’s most popular turkey is also reared in Norfolk. Marks & Spencer’s Simply Food whole turkey travels from Pembrokeshire."

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