With Easter coming our way this month, we’re turning up some lovely wines for you (and your guests). Easter reminds us all of those wonderful Easter Egg hunts but let’s face it, searching for eggs just doesn’t feel quite the same as we get older. Besides, the Easter bunny stopped leaving his chocolate filled baskets for us long ago. However, this doesn’t mean that we can’t have some Easter fun.

On the contrary, nowadays we can justify treating ourselves to some great bottles of wine that go perfectly with Easter lamb, fresh asparagus, the first salads and shrimp filled tomatoes. How about celebrating Easter Sunday with a festive family brunch for all ages that can last the whole day long? We take our brunching seriously so we have picked out six bottles to help you prep for your Easter festivities. Wine pairing will be a piece of cake if you stick to these suggestions, no matter what’s gracing the table.


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    Beaumont des Crayères
    Brut - Grande Réserve Champagne
    0.75l White
    €30.20 €24.96
    Created in 1955, this group of Epernay producers make wines from 75 hectares of vineyards. Cuvée de Réserve is a blend of three vintages and predominately made from black varieties. Refined and elegant with a lovely taste of toasty brioche, almonds and ripe fruits. A little known Champagne at a very reasonable price, which often ranks above some of its more famous counterparts in blind tastings.
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    Château de Respide
    Classique Graves
    0.75l White
    €9.00 €7.44
    Out of stock
    Chateau De Respide is a very well-made, modern Graves produced from a blend of 60% Sauvignon Blanc and 40% Semillon grapes. After picking, the grapes go through a short period of maceration on the skins before aging on their fine lees. The wine has a bright pale yellow colour, an expressive nose of white blossom, citrus fruit and fresh meadows and on the palate the wine is attractively fruity, balanced and persistent with a very refreshing zesty finish. Chateau De Respide is one of the oldest wine estates in Bordeaux, belonging formerly to Louis XIV’s police officers. The painter Toulouse Lautrec was a frequent visitor and although the château was later sold, the vineyards and cellars have been in the hands of the Bonnet family since the 1950s.
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    Domaine Boillot
    Brussellions Moulin-à-Vent
    0.75l Red
    €18.20 €15.04
    A 1.3 hectare site sitting on top of a hill, northeast of Moulin. Here ancient alluvial soils with white sands are complemented by a high percentage of red granite. There is great energy here with spicy fruit and fresh, pure flavours. The wine is long and quite rich with very fine tannin structure. Louis Boillot describes it as the synthesis of the other two cuvées.