Pairings

What’s the best wine pairing for tuna?

Posted on September 9 2024 at 07:02

Tuna is a meaty fish which adapts just as well to a red wine as to a white. So which to choose?

Tags: Verdicchio sake Sauvignon Blanc Chardonnay Cabernet Franc lightly oaked Chardonnay Provence rosé Bandol rosé unoaked Chardonnay tuna pasta bake Provençal rosé Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi tonno e fagioli tinned tuna salade Niçoise glazed tuna with yuzu Verdelho Chablis oaked Sauvignon Blanc Semillon-Sauvignon Sauvignon Blanc Pouilly Fumé Muscadet sashimi tuna tartare raw tuna Barbera Syrah Pinot Noir red Burgundy Bourgeuil Chinon Saumur Loire red tuna seared tuna food:fish & shellfish NOSHOW:highlight
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The best food pairings for rosé

Posted on May 31 2023 at 06:48

Rosé was once considered a summer wine but increasingly more people are drinking it year round with almost every type of food and on any and every occasion. But what food goes with rosé?

When to pair red wine with fish

Posted on June 1 2022 at 07:40

Few people now throw up their hands in horror at the idea of matching red wine with fish. But how many realise just how often you can pair the two?

Salade Niçoise and Rosé

Posted on April 16 2007 at 07:54

The weather has been so unseasonally hot over the last couple of days - well into the 20s (or the late 70s for those of you who prefer to think in Fahrenheit) - that I’m suddenly fast-forwarding to summer and one of my favourite meals, Salade Niçoise.

Tags: southern French rosé Languedoc Rhône Costières de Nîmes rosado drink:rosé black olives tomatoes tuna Salade Niçoise food:fish & shellfish food:veg & salads Rioja Navarra Tavel
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More tips about matching rosé

Posted on June 5 2009 at 16:20

I’ll be doing a major round-up on my trip to Provence next week buthere are a few more thoughts on matching rosé and food, an update of mylast overview

The 10 best wines for spring and early summer drinking

Posted on March 28 2007 at 10:11

The last two days have been quite, quite beautiful, starting mistily, basking midday in an unseasonally warm sun and finishing with an extended dusk that announces that spring is finally here. I immediately want to eat lighter meals: the new season’s vegetables are not quite in yet but I can at least plan for summer and that means a spring clean of the cellar, pushing the full bodied reds to the back and assessing what whites, lighter reds and rosés I still have lurking in the racks.