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 ...

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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 ...

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

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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 ...

Alsace riesling isn’t the first drink I’d have reached for with guacamole but it makes perfect sense. In fact I’d forgotten just how well it goes. Previous experimentation had thrown up Peter ...

Barbera is a versatile red that will happily partner pretty well any meaty dish you throw at it. It is more robust and typically drunk younger than its Piedmontese counterparts Barolo and Barbaresco.