Welcome to our Wine and Food Pairing section, your ultimate guide to the delightful world of culinary harmony. Here, we will publish carefully crafted guides that explore the perfect union of fine wines and exquisite dishes. Whether you're a seasoned wine enthusiast or a curious foodie, our curated content will inspire and educate you on the art of pairing and enhancing your dining experiences. Understand how a robust red complements a juicy steak, or how a crisp white elevates the flavours of seafood. Our guides will help you unlock new dimensions of taste and sophistication. Cheers to unforgettable meals and the perfect pour!
Wine with Cheese
Where matching cheese with wine is concerned, it’s like religion and politics – no one agrees, and this is hardly surprising bearing in mind that there are hundreds of different cheeses in the world
Wine with Vegetables
Many vegetables are high in natural sugars, like onions, parsnips and carrots. Others are high in acidity like tomatoes. Foods that fall into these two categories are usually best with white wines
Wine with Soup
Soups can be broadly classified into two categories, clear, thin soups like consommé, and thick soups which can be smooth or chunky, depending on whether the ingredients are puréed or not.
Wine with Meat
With all of the following suggestions, do think about the sauces and seasonings you are using, and try to match the wine to these, as they are often more powerful than the meat itself.
Wine with Pâtés
Pâtés are spreadable mixtures of seasoned [often highly], ground meat, which can be rustic or extravagant, smooth and creamy or rough and chunky. Of course you can also have fish or vegetable pâtés, but look to the corresponding wine and food matching categories for individual suggestions.
Wine with Shelfish
Some wines go well with all shellfish. These are dry whites like Sauvignon Blanc, Spain’s Albariño (which is the same grape as Portugal’s Alvarinho), and Riesling - but you want a light Riesling here, not a mature petroleum one or it will smother the delicate taste of shellfish.
Wine with Fish
The old adage white wine with fish, red wine with meat, has now largely been debunked, and it’s generally accepted that some red wines do pair very well with fish, just as some white wines do go exceptionally well with meat.
Wine with Pasta
Pasta comes in a variety of guises, literally hundreds of different shapes and sizes. And the same dizzying array of recipes to pair with them, often incorporating a myriad of different flavours. It can be filled or stuffed like cannelloni, ravioli and tortellini.
Wine with Oriental and Asian Food
White wines really come into their own in this category. Either fresh, crisp, mineral wines with high acidity that enhances the spices in the food, or sweeter wines with some residual sugar that soften and tone down the heat.
Wine with Dessert
There are an astonishing array of pudding wines available, but remember that with desserts, the wine should be at least as sweet, or sweeter than the food you are serving it with, otherwise you run the risk of the wine tasting tart.