Plonker's guide

DEL BOY ON HIS TOP TIPS FOR TIPPLING

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CHATEAUNEUF Du Pape! Brits are clueless when it comes to vino, a new survey says, as the Daily Star revealed yesterday.

An International Wine and Spirit Competition study found many of us make basic mistakes like serving white wine too cold.

But never fear, JAMES MOORE has recruited the “crème de la menthe” of connoisseurs, Del Boy from Only Fools And Horses, to give us a bluffer's guide. Here are his cushty tippling tips!

DON'T DO ME A LEMON: “Au revoir” folks and welcome to Trotter's good wine guide. Now the first thing to known is that putting lemonade or lots of ice in your guests’ Chardonnay will leave them feeling all “plume de ma tante’. Serve white wine at 7-10C - not freezing from the fridge. Dish up red at 12-14C, a bit below the temperature Boycie necks the Chateau Peckham at the Nag’s Head.