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Here you'll find my latest thoughts on the best matches for different foods and cuisines and the best food matches for your favourite wines, beers and spirits at greater length than I've been able to devote to the subject in my books.

Recent articles

  Matching wine and artichokes - updated
Sep 1, 2010

Not the impossible task it might appear
  Best match for a barbecue?
Jun 23, 2010
Should it be wine or beer - or even a cocktail? I asked the Twitter community what their favourite barbecue bevvy was for my monthly Twitmatching session and this is what they came up with . . .
  The best food pairings for Pinotage
Jun 16, 2010
With the World Cup in full swing you might be thinking about cracking open a bottle of South Africa’s own red, Pinotage. But what to eat with it? Here are a few ideas based on my trip earlier this year.
  Twitmatching #1 An A-Z of Twitter’s best Champagne pairings!
Apr 28, 2010
I lobbed a question about unusual champagne pairings into the Twittersphere yesterday and got the most amazing response. It prompted the idea of having a monthly Twitter matching session - Twitmatching - the results of which I’ll post on this site.
  Top wine pairings with asparagus
Apr 8, 2010
I had my first UK-grown asparagus of the year yesterday which prompted this re-run of one of my most popular articles
  Top wine pairings for lamb
Apr 1, 2010

With Easter coming up this weekend a few thoughts on the best wine matches for lamb - depending, of course, how you plan to cook it.
  The best food to match with Chardonnay
Mar 27, 2010
A general idea has got about that Chardonnay is for chavs but as anyone who has a taste for top white burgundy or other premium new world Chardonnays will know it’s a spectacular food wine.
  12 great South African food and wine pairings
Mar 15, 2010
I actually experienced so many great wine and food matches last week in South Africa - some accidental, some intended - that it would be invidious to pick out just one as my match of the week so here are a dozen that really stood out for me.
  What type of wine pairs best with Vietnamese food?
Feb 18, 2010

Sunday marked not only the start of the Chinese New Year but the Vietnamese New Year celebrations too.
  Wines to match favourite Valentine’s Day foods
Feb 2, 2010
Yes, Valentine's Day is less than two weeks away! Time to think about what you might eat and what wine - or other drinks - to serve with it.
 
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