Find a great bottle to uncork with traditional Christmas ham…Wines to drink with ham this Christmas: Styles to try Reds Beaujolais (Cru) / Gamay
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When it comes to pairing wines with ham, the one thing you can be sure of is that your ham will be sweet.
No self-respecting Christmas ham comes without some kind of a glaze and that is the main factor to take into account in any wine pairing.
Granted, it makes more of a difference when the ham is served hot than it does once it’s cold.
Leftovers, particularly combined with turkey, will rub along happily with a decent Beaujolais cru or a fresh young village Burgundy; wines that would taste sharp and weedy with the same ham served hot.
Many glazes have an orange or marmalade component that tends to work well with bright, fruity reds like Australian Shiraz from Barossa or McLaren Vale, or a GSM blend; Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre.
If there’s a degree of heat and spice involved, as is the case with glazes or rubs that use mustard, look to the kind of red that can handle spicy food.
Zinfandel immediately comes to mind, or a good Pinotage.
Both of those wines should also be able to handle the slightly
