Welcome to my roundup of 25 red wines for the festive season. Ranging freely across styles, regions, grape varieties and prices (two...

£15.95–£20, Harris & Co, Eynsham Cellars, Framlingham Wine Shop, Latitude Wine, Rise & Vine Archetypal, expressive Coonawarra Cabernet...

Vineyards protected by cold northern winds at Tenuta San Leonardo, Italy's answer to elegant, first-growth Bordeaux When I chose the 14...

£19.99, Waitrose This very pretty, fruit-forward, young Chianti Classico is named after Ardalico, a character in the epic novel Orlando...

£24.95–£28.60, Slurp, Rare Vino Wine, Vinvm This is not only the first time a Pinotage has been my Wine of the Week, it’s the first time...

£16.99–£23.70, Roberts & Speight, Fareham Wine Cellar, Tannico UK, Vinvm, Village Wines, York Wines, Wine Utopia I could happily drink...

£12.99, Waitrose There's 15 per cent Syrah in this Chilean red, and to beneficial effect, but even so the wine comes across as very...

£13.95–£17.70, Fintry Wines, Great Wines Direct, Vino Gusto, Beckford Bottle Shop, Noble Green Wines, The Wee Vinoteca, Turton Wines This...

£12.95–£15.25, Amps Wine, Vinvm, Cheers Wine, The Surrey Wine Cellar, Booths supermarkets, NY Wines, Fareham Wine Cellar, Whole Foods...

£17.25, Yapp Brothers I’ve always like Loire Valley Cabernet Franc, even way back when I started in wine and it was a leafy green shadow...

£14–14.50, Booths, The Wine Society and independents It’s likely that grapes from my adopted vine at Domaine Jones are in both these...

£8.99 (on current offer), Waitrose There are quite a lot of red wines that you can drink lightly chilled if you want to and there's a...

£8, Tesco This has to be one of the best value wines in the UK. When I last recommended it here, I thought it was good value at £9 and...

Chardonnay vines in The King's Vineyard, Rochester, Kent, planted on the site of the vineyard of the medieval priory. Simpsons Wine...

£8.49/£10.99, Waitrose I’m delighted to see this on the shelves. We don’t see enough Cahors in the UK. It has a reputation for being a...

£15.99/£13.99, Laithwaites Sound the first 'g' as a 'y' and the second as a hard 'g' and you're well on your way to a passable...

£15.70, Tanners Wines It’s been a long time coming but here at last is a Mondeuse as wine of the week. Dark in colour, aromatic,...

£19.95–£22.50, Red & White, The Somerset Wine Company I recommended the little sibling of this red last year, Petite Immortelle. Now it's...

£18.20–£24.50, Tannico, Vinvm, XtraWine, Shelved Wine, Hic! Wine Merchants, Eton Vintners I don't often do split vintages, but these...

£10.99–£12, Majestic, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Amazon, Ocado It’s more than six years since I last recommended a Beronia Rioja here, so...