Pairings

Best food pairings with sauvignon blanc

Posted on July 3 2024 at 08:11

Sauvignon blanc is many people’s favourite wine but what type of food pairs with it best?

Tags: noshow:highlight Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc oaked sauvignon blanc fumé blanc white Bordeaux Entre-Deux-Mers Graves Sauvignon-Semillon Chilean Sauvignon Blanc Pouilly Fumé Sancerre Thai food Greek food Mexican food food:world food dill pasta primavera spring vegetables pea soup peas Thai fish cakes coriander herbs green peppers pea shoots asparagus spring onions scallions avocado grilled lamb food:beef & lamb grilled chicken feta olives goat cheese salads tomato gazpacho goats cheese food:veg & salads sashimi trout squid fish and chips whitebait goujons fried fish mackerel sardines sea bass oysters crab food:fish & shellfish sauvignon blanc drink:white wine
Read more …

How to pair wine with fish

Posted on April 29 2022 at 08:53

Advertisement feature Fish can be cooked so many different ways these days that you may wonder what kind of wine you should pair with it.

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?

The best wine matches for sardines

Posted on July 16 2020 at 09:42

Freshly caught grilled sardines are a treat at this time of year but how easy is it fo find a wine that will go with them? Look to the French and Portuguese for inspiration!

Tags: red vinho verde drink:red wine Portuguese rosé Provence rosé drink:rosé assyrtiko txacoli muscadet sauvignon blanc albarino alvarinho Vinho verde drink:white wine grilled sardines sardines food:fish & shellfish
Read more …

Grilled sardines and - eeek! - Sir Cliff's Onda Nova Verdelho

Posted on July 12 2010 at 08:36

As the best summer for a barbeque for some years it’s been a frustrating time for us flat-dwellers but when I was sent some fresh sardines* the other day I knew I was going to have to find some way to grill them outside if the flat wasn’t going to smell of fish for days.

Tags: Cliff Richard Adega do Cantor Onda Nova drink:white wine grilled sardines sardines food:fish & shellfish Algarve Portugal barbecue Portuguese white wine
Read more …

What's the best match for a barbecue?

Posted on July 1 2011 at 08:41

Should it be wine or beer - or even a cocktail? Last year I asked the Twitter community what their favourite barbecue bevvy was and this is what they came up with . . .

Wine of the week: Casal de Ventozela Alvarinho 2015

Posted on July 30 2016 at 15:16

If you’re a fan of Spain’s fashionable white wine albarino you’ll almost certainly like its Portuguese cousin alvarinho which is made just over the border.