Pairings | Leg of lamb

Top wine pairings for lamb

Posted on October 3 2024 at 12:45

It’s true that lamb is one of the most wine-friendly of meats, as at home with red Bordeaux and Rioja as it is with the fruitier wines of the new world. But if you’re looking for a spot-on wine pairing it’s worth thinking just how - and for how long - you’re going to cook it.

What food to pair with mature Margaux

Posted on January 19 2010 at 20:21

The other night I was lucky enough to go out with a wineloving friend of mine and his wife who brought along a bottle of Château Palmer 1990 with them. It was a lovely wine but, as any 20 year old vintage would be, quite delicate so immediately created the dilemma of what to eat.

A Middle-Eastern inspired barbecue for eight

Posted on July 17 2021 at 07:50

Here's a barbecue I've dug out of the archives - a middle-eastern inspired BBQ from my book Food, Wine and Friends.

Pairing Pinot Noir and lamb

Posted on October 5 2011 at 08:28

A report on the fascinating food and wine matching workshop that was held at the International Pinot Noir Celebration in Oregon last month which showed that you can find a pinot pairing for almost any kind of lamb dish.

Wilhelm Coetzee's Butterflied Leg of Lamb

Posted on February 27 2014 at 17:01

I first met winemaker Wilhelm Coetzee back in 2006 when he was working for Flagstone. He's now working at Durbanville Hills and this is his favourite 'braii' recipe.

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7 hour leg of lamb with Cot (Malbec)

Posted on May 11 2009 at 13:58

When you’re roasting lamb you’re almost spoilt for choice. Almost any red you enjoy will go with this most wine-friendly of dishes but my pick of Thierry Puzelat’s quirky KO In Cot we Trust (2005) proved a winner