Pairings | Central Otago pinot noir

Six of the best wine pairings for Christmas ham

Posted on December 19 2023 at 06:42

If you're serving a ham or gammon as a roast this Christmas you need a more substantial wine with it than when you serve ham as a cold cut. Which one depends on the glaze.

Tags: Barossa Valley semillon semillon drink:white wine Central Otago pinot noir Morgon Beaujolais carmenere shiraz Chilean merlot grenache grenache syrah mourvedre drink:red wine glazed ham baked ham roast ham ham food:pork Christmas ham
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Mini Yorkshire puddings with rare fillet of beef and Central Otago Pinot Noir

Posted on November 5 2012 at 23:48

A student gathering is not the first place you’d think of finding a good wine pairing or, indeed, a drinkable wine at all but the talk I gave last week at the University of Bristol Wine Circle produced some great combinations.

Tags: Central Otago Pinot Noir Pinot Noir Haut-Medoc red Bordeaux drink:red wine fillet of beef rare beef fillet food:beef & lamb
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Cherries (and plums) with Central Otago Pinot Noir

Posted on February 12 2020 at 12:25

One of the standard ways of devising a wine pairing is to pick out flavours in the wine and put them in the accompanying dish. Not too much or it can cancel out the flavour of the wine but done with skill, as it was by chef Des Smith at The Hunting Lodge, it’s pretty impressive.

Tags: pinot gris Central Otago pinot noir pinot noir drink:red wine pears plums cherries food:fruit food:chicken & poultry chicken liver parfait
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Matching wine with Chinese food - time for a rethink?

Posted on November 13 2008 at 08:26

A recent trip to Beijing and Shanghai opened my eyes anew to the possibilities involved in drinking wine with Chinese food. Many of the conclusions we have painstakingly arrived at in the west turn out to be less obvious when tried out in situ.

Tags: drink:tea & coffee Central Otago Pinot Noir Sauvignon Blanc Bordeaux Bordeaux blend Merlot blend Cabernet blend Deep Blue Grace Vineyards Shanxi grape wine rice wine Chinese wine shaoxing drink:sweet & fortified wine drink:red wine drink:white wine Chinese cuisine food:world food oolong tea oolong Beijing Shanghai drink:beer & cider Tsingtao Yanjing lager
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What to eat with Cloudy Bay

Posted on October 7 2014 at 08:09

For most people the New Zealand winery Cloudy Bay is synonymous with sauvignon blanc but their range now extends to sparkling, sweet and red wines, a message underlined by a dinner at Hix Mayfair (in Brown’s Hotel) the other day.

Tags: asparagus food:veg & salads chocolate mousse food:desserts & cakes washed-rind cheese Guernsey Goddess steak food:beef & lamb bacon food:pork turbot oysters food:fish & shellfish late harvest riesling drink:sweet & fortified wine Central Otago pinot noir Marlborough pinot noir New Zealand pinot noir pinot noir New Zealand chardonnay drink:red wine chardonnay Cloudy Bay sauvignon blanc Marlborough sauvignon blanc New Zealand sauvignon blanc sauvignon blanc drink:white wine
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