We’ll be slathering this on everything.

Ballymaloe Foods has teamed up with fellow Cork legend and wine aficionado Graham Norton to launch a festive treat: Mulled Wine Cranberry Sauce infused with his award-winning Graham Norton (GN) Shiraz.

Landing in supermarkets across Ireland this December in time for Christmas, the limited-edition sauce combines Ballymaloe’s much loved cranberry recipe with a warming splash of GN Shiraz.

Developed over four months, the sauce features juicy cranberries, festive spices and GN Shiraz, gently mulled by the Ballymaloe team. The result is a vibrant, juicy and flavour-packed condiment with subtle notes of black cherry and chocolate from the GN Shiraz – perfect with cheese boards, roast turkey and those all important post-Christmas sandwiches.

A total of 20,000 jars of the sauce will be distributed nationwide to Ireland’s three main supermarkets; Supervalu, Dunnes Stores and Tesco, and will be on shelves by early December, just in time for early seasonal food shopping.

“I couldn’t resist teaming up with Ballymaloe Foods – they’re Cork royalty and I’m thrilled we’ve created something so delicious and festive together.” said Graham.

“I’m very proud of my wines, especially the Shiraz, so enjoying it mulled into a cranberry sauce was a wonderful surprise… and yes, of course I’ve done the taste test! It has the full GN stamp of approval!”

Photos: Monika Coghlan, Pepperazzi Food Styling & Photography