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Here's where to find out all about my latest discoveries - reports on wine matching dinners and tastings, meals out, experiments at home and general advice on the art of food and drink matching

Recent articles

  Top wine pairings at Texture
Feb 27, 2010
Texture is one of the few restaurants to showcase a sommelier, the star in this instance being Xavier Rousset who used to work at The Manoir aux Quat Saisons. His two year partnership at Texture with his former colleague Agnar Sverrisson has just been acknowledged with a Michelin star. More . . .
  Clever pairings for rare sherries
Feb 10, 2010
I don’t think I ever go to a sherry tasting without coming away renewed in my conviction about what a marvellous match it is for food and the one I attended yesterday of Emilio Hidalgo sherries was no exception.
  Organising a wine and seafood pairing dinner
Feb 5, 2010
Last night we had a fun five course wine and fish matching dinner at Rockfish Grill in Bristol which showed the range of wines you can match with fish. Here’s a few thoughts about how we approached it for those of you who are organising a similar event
  Pairing wine with Chinese cuisine
Jan 28, 2010
With the Chinese New Year coming up soon here's what I hope will be a useful reminder that the key to matching Chinese food with wine is to focus on similar styles of dishes.
  What food to pair with mature Margaux
Jan 19, 2010
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.
  Tips for cold weather drinking
Jan 6, 2010
Amazingly I first ran this article exactly a year ago when temperatures in our normally mild part of England were down to -7°C - as they are tonight. it’s a timely reminder that matching is not just about flavour but temperature and alcohol levels too.
  What to match with Christmas ham
Dec 18, 2009
A fair bit gets written - including by me - about pairing wine with turkey but what type of drinks go best with the Christmas ham?
  The best match for caviar - vodka or champagne?
Dec 15, 2009
One of the highlights of my recent New York trip was an extraordinary caviar tasting at Petrossian where I had a chance to taste for the first time the new farm-reared caviars that are coming out of the US and other countries such as Israel and China.
  Pairing wine and cheese with Max McCalman
Dec 10, 2009
It might seem odd to go to New York City to taste cheese but it’s home some of the most exciting stores and tasting programmes in the cheese world. One of the key figures is Max McCalman, author of several excellent cheese books including the recently published Mastering Cheese: lessons for connoisseurship from a Maitre Fromager.
  How dairy can help a fine wine match
Oct 27, 2009
You may be warned off them by the health police but ingredients such as butter and cream will make your wines (and food) taste wonderful!
 
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