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The wines of Christmas ’25 Part 2: sublime Barbaresco, Mornington Pinot + more

In part one of this post, I detailed some of the white and sparkling highlights of a Graham Christmas. Today, it’s all about red wines (and a few sweet things and fortifieds).

Usually, a Sydney festive season is all about beers, white wine, cricket and pool times. The weather in recent weeks has been crap and cold, which only amped up the volume of reds consumed in our house.

That said, jumper weather in mid-summer didn’t stop me enjoying a few well-timed cans of ale, with multiple Bentspoke Sprocket IPA cameos in the background of these wine photos (beer, the perfect wine aperitif).

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