Pairings | Rioja reserva

The best food pairings for rioja

Posted on October 24 2024 at 09:02

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.

Which wine to pair with a Moroccan tagine?

Posted on July 30 2022 at 06:24

While summer isn’t a time one feels drawn to hearty stews Moroccan tagines are a different matter. Exotic and aromatic, they somehow suit the heat and not being particularly spicy are relatively simple to match with wine. The best wine pairing for tagine depends of course on the type of tagine you're eating.

Wine of the Week: The Society’s Exhibition Rioja Reserva 2017

Posted on March 11 2022 at 19:47

There are apparently only low stocks left of The Wine Society’s Exhibition Rioja Reserva 2017 which should encourage you to snap up a few bottles if you're a member.

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Chicken, lemon and olive tagine with Rioja reserva

Posted on July 30 2007 at 09:45

Friends came round the other night and I cooked one of my favourite new recipes - a chicken, lemon and olive tagine (which appears in my forthcoming book Food, Wine and Friends, she adds, unable to resist a cheap plug!). One of the reasons it’s slightly different from the authentic Moroccan version is that I remove the chicken skin which makes the dish a lot lighter.