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Here at Oddbins, we understand it can be frustrating being vegan. You only need to turn on the telly and you're likely to find Piers Morgan shouting at an animal rights activist that “you can’t prove insects didn’t die to produce your vegetables so I’m justified in eating this 28oz steak live on air!” That’s some quality journalism right there.

At Christmas keeping vegan may be even harder; from people eating all your nut roast as it’s “almost as good as the turkey” or having to explain to your Nan for the 1000th time that pigs in blankets do in fact count as an animal product. The last thing you want is to scour the internet for Christmas wines that haven’t been fined using egg white, thus we’ve selected some of our favourite vegan wines or head over to our website and you’ll find our whole range of vegan wines all in one place!

Granite Hill Cellars wines are made by the Kautz family, who own all their vineyards and practice sustainable viticulture in Lodi, California. Lodi is a region that offers exceptional value, benefitting from the cool ocean breezes of the delta gap and represent a more restrained side of California.

Last week it was July and we were complaining about the 40-degree heat in Bordeaux. Today, presumably because we approached a black hole or because time moves faster every time a Brexit extension is granted, it’s now the end of November and we’re freezing.

Sure, we’re fans of the opportunity to layer, have soups for lunch and sit in pubs with open fires, but this week has been so unpleasant we’re starting to feel like Jack Nicholson at the end of the Shining (when he was frozen in the garden, not when he gets all shouty).

We can only assume you’re feeling as equally icy, so to help you defrost, we asked our buying team for their hottest selection of mid-week winter warmers. These glorious wines are sure to distract you from the sideways rain and 3pm sunset, enjoy!

Why must Christmas be for the young? Sure, when we look at the likes of Greta Thunberg it’s fairly obvious that humanity’s salvation will come from our young people, but surely the children have enough going for them without getting another festive season geared towards their entertainment. They already have TikTok videos, can love Harry Potter without being accused of arrested development and are yet to accrue a level of personal debt that their accountant has labelled ‘crippling’… Thus, this Christmas is for the grown-ups!

Just because nobody is likely to buy you that Lego Death Star you’ve secretly got your eye on, does not mean you shouldn’t approach December with a youthful glee. We want to instill some grown up excitement this winter with great savings on some of our most loved wine cases.

Don't forget about our Santa Clause. With our multi-drop delivery service, you can send all your wine gifts with just one simple order.

It is important to properly celebrate the big occasions, with such busy modern lives we lead it can be far too easy to forget what’s important. How often do we miss birthdays, engagements and our own weddings because we need to fulfil the unrealistic requests of our ‘Devil Wear’s Prada-esque’ boss? (If our boss at Oddbins is reading this, that last diatribe was an allegory for the rise of Artificial intelligence … You’re great!)

This December, let us close the laptop, take emails off our phone and unfollow Trump on Twitter for a few days so we can celebrate with our loved ones properly, and what better way to do that than with an exquisite bottle of Champagne. With fantastic deals on Champagne over the festive season, there’s never been a better excuse to tell your boss to take a night off and crack open the bubbly.

TENUTA CHICCHERI VALPOLICELLA 2018

An Italian classic that is designed to be drunk young. This red wine has a fresh and pleasantly perfumed nose with lingering flavours of cherries and a hint of liquorice.

WAS £13.00

NOW £11.50

MAYFIELD SUSSEX HOP GIN

Each botanical in this gin is micro-distilled in a 150-year-old copper pot still and then brought together to create the unique personality of Mayfield with notes of zesty lime and orange citrus, pine, fresh juniper, cracked black pepper, parma-violets and liquorice.

Get a free Gin Glass with every bottle.

£39.00

The turkey has been demolished, the wine rack has nothing but a bottle of coconut liqueur left on there and your father is currently doing a lap of honour to acknowledge the 8th consecutive Scrabble game he’s just beaten you at… It may be time to get out of the house.

To Oddbins! We’re open and happy to help you restock your dwindling wine supplies, or perhaps provide a little in-store tasting if all you really need is some respite from the family. With one last big celebration before this silly old century turns twenty, we’ve got a fantastic selection of Champagne, Prosecco and Sparkling Wines available so you can see out the decade in real style! (Stock availability may vary in stores)

To add to the New Year excitement we'll be adding a free bottle of Mr Black Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur or Uncle Nearest Tennessee Whiskey into 2 randomly selected online orders from our spirits range, placed before 2pm on 1st January 2020. Cheers!

The 25th is fast approaching and despite the best of intentions to begin planning in July, more delays than your average withdrawal agreement has meant many of us will be now wondering how to manage the ever-growing list of Christmas tasks to organise before the big day.

Thankfully Oddbins is here to help with an incredible array of Christmas drinks and gifts. But hurry! Sunday 22nd December is your last chance to order online for delivery in time for Christmas Day.

LAT 42 RIOJA CRIANZA - DOUBLE BOTTLE GIFT SET

This web exclusive Rioja is the ideal gift for red wine lovers, with bright flavours of cranberries, red plums, vanilla, white pepper and a touch of oak, supported by a smooth palate and silky tannins.

WAS £31.00

NOW £23.25

Among the large collection of panic inducing vignettes that is the news cycle of 2020, perhaps the most upsetting is the schism between the English and Scottish.

In a decade not even a month long, yet already looks set to deliver fires, plane crashes and Trump tariffing the life out of the European wine trade before he brushes off his impeachment hearing as though it was just another workplace harassment case, unity between the Scottish and the English is surely essential. Thankfully, this year Burns Night falls on a Saturday; if there was ever an evening to sweep 2nd referendum talk under the kilt, link arms with your neighbour to sing ‘auld lang syne’ and wash down your haggis with a wee dram of whisky, it is surely this one. To help, we’ve collated a list of our favourite Burns Night tipples for you to enjoy on the 25th.

This year we’re refusing to follow the crowds, rejecting the annual migration to gyms and juice bars, and the only thing dry about our January is the white wine on our shelves...

If you’re like us and your mantra is less ‘New Year, New Me’ and more ‘New Year, New Wine’, we have a fantastic sale on in store and online with up to 30% off selected wines. But just like your friends’ 5am boot camp attendance, it’ll be over by February, so hurry!

Valentine’s Day and all the fun (and in no way infuriating) alternative celebrations for single people, like Galentine’s, Palentine’s or RobertDuvallentine’s Day tend to divide opinion. Plenty of us believe it’s a great opportunity to show the people that matter most how much we love them, while others claim that Robert Duvall peaked in Godfather II and shouldn’t get his own day when Robert Di Nero has to make do with the Fockers Family Christmas.

Regardless, what we can all agree on is how terrible going out on the 14th is. A steak dinner will cost you approximately the same as a deposit on a 1 bed in East Finchley, every bar is full and you're surrounded by couples that are determined to demonstrate how much you half-assed it this year.

Never fear, we have a selection of sumptuous reds, elegant rosés and sensual champagnes so that you and Robert Duvall can spend a romantic evening in and forget the world outside.

As the US Democratic leadership race hots up, we've had more lessons in the intricacies of American democracy. This past month, we found out what a caucus is; a meeting of local political party members, where votes are cast by standing near the candidate of your choosing, affording you the opportunity to coerce members of your community to vote with your interest. Genius! Then, like all American elections, the person with the most votes comes 2nd.

Perhaps what we have actually learned is that the world is a little mad and the best thing to do is batten down the hatches with friends, family and a good bottle of wine.

Luckily, we have a brand-new range of fine South African wine, and although no politician is going to deliver us salvation, winemakers like Richard Kelley aka the Liberator, might just deliver us some respite from the ridiculousness.

Let's hear it for the mothers. Let's hear it for the Grandmothers, the aunties, the older sisters and the 'Helens over the road' who used to cook us dinosaur chicken nuggets when our parents were working late. Let's hear it for the women who raised us. Not only did they birth us and manage to keep us alive for this long, they also put up with all our nonsense.

For all the times they pretended to believe us, when we said we were feeling unwell at 2am on a Saturday because of a bad batch of Oysters served at Darren French's party. For clapping the loudest during our career defining performance of '2nd Angel from the right' in the Nativity. And for standing in the pouring rain during our football games. Let's be honest, those mothers of ours are saints and deserve far better than a crummy card and poorly considered box of chocolates. We've chosen 3 of our top recommendations that help you say it best, or you can browse our full range here. Go on, she deserves it.

*Offer not available in stores.