Butternut squash in particular comes in a lot of guises but is fundamentally sweet, especially when you roast it. In general I favour rich whites like oak-aged chardonnay, Rhône varietals such as ...

It’s sometimes hard to predict what type of food will pair well with riesling because they’re all so different - some being bone dry, some ultra sweet, some positively floral, others zingy and ...

Rioja - and by that I mean red rioja - is one of the UK’s best-loved wines and one of the easiest ones to match with food too. As you’d expect it pairs particularly well with Spanish food especially ...

As someone who came to wine via my passionate interest in cooking and eating out I’ve always thought of wine in the context of food rather than in terms of scores and this site is all about how to ...

Chicken Kyiv - or Kiev - as it used to be known - is a much loved version of fried chicken that you can also easily buy off the supermarket shelf but what sort of wine should you pair with it? If ...

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The news that Greggs, the mass market bakery was opening a champagne bar in Fenwick in Newcastle created a predictable storm of publicity this week (good on them!) but the idea of matching fine wine ...

Rioja - and by that I mean red rioja - is one of the UK’s best-loved wines and one of the easiest ones to match with food too. As you’d expect it pairs particularly well with Spanish food especially ...

Some foods such as artichokes and stinky cheeses are considered to be impossible to pair with wine but even then there’s ...

How to get into the paywalled Top Pairings section of my website and access my best food and wine - and other drink - matches ...

It’s more common to think of pasta, roasts and grills as natural accompaniments to Chianti Classico than vegetarian dishes but I had a tart at Terra di Seta that turned out to be a perfect match. It ...

I don’t drink a lot of white port, I must confess. More often in summer with tonic rather than at this time of year. But now I’ve discovered how well it goes with gruyère, I may. Port is an obvious ...