Will Lyons, senior fine wine advisor for Berry Bros. & Rudd and wine writer for The Dish in The Sunday Times, was the perfect person to ask about wines for our winter dining and the festive season ahead.

My family’s story begins in the 17th century with our farm in Lincolnshire; nine generations ago when we began farming, there were no machines or tractors, so we used a basket called a Seedlip to sow seed.

A road trip! I haven’t done one of those for years, other than the regular pilgrimage to my spiritual home north of the border.