Christmas gifts for cheese, wine and chocolate lovers

Cheese

Juliet Harbutt, aka the Cheese Lady, author of the World Encyclopedia of Cheese and creator of the British Cheese Awards, is such a fromage fan that she has her own collection of cheeseboards, as well as, wait for it – cow, goat, sheep and camel bells from around the world. Who better to ask for guidance on presents for cheese-lovers?

Camembert roaster, mooredesigns.co.uk £58

A totally non-essential but beautiful camembert roaster. This is not just for Christmas – it will get you through winter.

Cheesemaking kit, cheesemakingshop.co.uk £35.75

Cheesemaking kits are a great way to get kids interested in food – they're fantastic fun and the range that these guys sell really does work.

Slate boards, from £18

Slate is one of the finest options for displaying your cheese: it's cool, not too heavy, and the dark grey colour makes a lovely contrast with the cheese. Best of all, it can go in the dishwasher. For a really lovely gift, notonthehighstreet.com sells beautiful but somewhat expensive personalised boards for £69. But justslate.co.uk has a range of reasonably priced ones too.

Cheese knives, culinaryconcepts.co.uk £7.95

Culinary Concepts has a huge variety of wonderful cheese knives from £7.95. Paxton & Whitfield does a beautiful range, including a cheese lover's kit, starting at £27.50, and some rather more upscale French Laguiole ones, which start at £75.

Wine

Fiona Beckett has that most coveted of jobs as the Guardian's wine correspondent and is probably the most popular person on her street for regularly sharing bottles with friends and neighbours once she has tasted them. Despite that, toppling towers of wine boxes – and wine books – still crowd her hallway. Here are the sort of gifts she would like to keep.

Membership of the Wine Society £40

A popular choice among wine-lovers for good reason, this is good value at £40 for a lifetime, with wines very well priced after that.

Proper wine glasses £30

A proper wine glass to enjoy a vintage you particularly like is a real treat – it does make a difference to the taste. The Zalto range is exquisite – light and lovely to use, with the burgundy glass costing around £30.

Carafe John Lewis £48.95

Gadget freaks will love this wine-breather carafe that helps to aerate and soften young, tannic reds.

Chocolate

Award-winning chocolatier Paul A Young is hardly alone in having loved chocolate from an early age – one of his earliest memories is being giddy with excitement over a Christmas After Eight mint – but he has taken that passion further than most, opening four London chocolateries and creating imaginative flavour combinations such as port and stilton, and chestnut, maple and green cardamom. He has also written the book Adventures with Chocolate on the subject. Over to him …

Bean-to-bar: better chocolate

from £3.45

There are some really interesting products available now online for those who appreciate quality chocolates. CocoaRunners.com, a subscription service, offers the chance for you to get some of the world's finest bean-to-bar chocolate in a way that's affordable and fun – dark chocolate bears are a good choice to introduce children to better, healthier chocolate. Also, try Marouchocolate.com – one of the finest and most exciting bean-to-bar chocolate companies.

Cake tin, Lakeland, £3.29

Lakeland does this amazing hemisphere cake tin that delivers a scrumptious cake, chocolate or otherwise.

Just look at the Christmas pudding chocolate cake (Heston, eat your pudding heart out).

Liqueur chocolates, Lakeland, £8.99

I always got liqueur chocolates in my Christmas stocking as a child. These come in a fun crate package, and there is no better way to spend Christmas Day evening than watching a film with some boozy chocs.

Rococo's traffic jam chocolates, £13.95

Driving home for Christmas? Then these are a must from the legendary Chantal Coady of Rococo chocolates. Guaranteed to make any family smile if they are stuck in festive traffic.