As Christmas party plans are mapped out, lawyers fond of libations have a particularly bubbly option: a tasting of 10 cuvées at a champagne masterclass at the offices of City firm Pinsent Masons.

The tasting, at which guests will compare vintages with non-vintages from the same five houses, will be the final event on the 2017 calendar at the Solicitors’ Wine Society, a club of lawyers who get together 10 or so times a year for such a gathering.