A remote Scottish island is just about the last place you’d expect to find a cutting edge wine pairing programme but that’s exactly what’s been introduced at Kinloch Lodge on Skye.

The hotel, which is owned by food writer Claire Macdonald and her husband Godfrey (high chief of the clan Donald, no less), has recently taken on Marcello Tully, a Brazilian-born, French-trained chef who has completely overhauled the kitchen, menu and wine list.

Each dish on the menu can now be paired with an accompanying wine flight of three 50ml servings (two with dessert) or you can order the same wines by the glass, bottle or half bottle if available. There are also a couple of other recommended matches from the wine list.

Examples of the eclectic pairings include:

Kinloch’s own cured organic salmon salad, with Mallaig caught sleeper crab, served with toasted pistachio nut and dill dressing
Wine flight D - £8.50 (3 wines 50mls each):
Manzanilla Sherry/Montes Sauvignon/ Whitehaven Riesling
Special recommendations by the bottle:
Gavi di Gavi/ Burgenland St. Laurent Pinot Noir

Pan-fried breast of local duck, with rich duck and plum reduction, served with parsnip purée and caramelised figs, baby roast potatoes and rosemary and leaf spinach with wet garlic
Wine flight H £9.00 (3 wines 50mls each):
Gigondas/Malbec Reserva/Carmenere
Special recommendations by the bottle:
Cuvee 1 Hegarty-Chamans/Numanthia Toro

Vanilla Pavlova, with crème chantilly, served with passion fruit and blood orange sauce
Wine flight Q £9.50 (2 wines 50mls each):
Cordon Cut Riesling/Lillypilly Noble Blend
Special recommendation by the half bottle:
Amity Late Harvest Gewurztraminer

The flights are proving ‘incredibly popular’ said a spokesman.