Wines to pair with your Christmas dinner, and John Wilson in the Irish Times of 12 December recommends the Côteaux du Layon from Domaine des Baumard as a great match for a delicious sounding recipe from
You can read John’s full piece here http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/food-and-drink/drink/the-wines-to-pair-with-your-christmas-dinner-1.2460112
And the recipe for those pears and pain d’épices is in the same issue of the magazine, you can also find it here http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/food-and-drink/recipes/aoife-noonan-s-caramelised-pears-with-pain-d-%C3%A9pices-and-vanilla-cr%C3%A8me-chantilly-1.2460209