Top Wine Matches

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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.

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  My top food and drink pairings of 2011
Dec 28, 2011
It’s the time of year to look back and review the best food and wine matches of 2011. Some were comfortingly familiar, some a total surprise to me. What they had in common was that the combination was more than the sum of the parts. The drink - in most cases wine - made the food taste more delicious, the food just made the wine sing.
  What’s the best wine to drink with Christmas pudding?
Dec 21, 2011
And a good beer to serve too
  10 top wine matches for a vegetarian Christmas
Dec 7, 2011
Vegetarians often get overlooked at this time of year so if you’re vegetarian yourself or cooking for one here are 10 perfect pairings for some delicious festive recipes from the web.
  10 top wine matches for Christmas starters
Dec 1, 2011
You may well know what you’re going to drink with the turkey by now but here are some ideas for what to match with your Christmas starters, paired with recipes from some of Britain’s favourite chefs and cookery writers.
  What to pair with Beaujolais Nouveau
Nov 16, 2011
OK, I know we're a bit blasé about Beaujolais Nouveau (released tomorrow) these days but it's a good excuse for a French bistro-style supper
  Top wine (and other) matches for sausages
Nov 2, 2011
As it’s both Bonfire Night and British Sausage Week this week there’s a fair chance that you’ll be eating bangers of some kind, so what’s the best pairing? As always it depends on the sausage but I personally find that beer and cider are often just as good partners as wine
  What to drink at Hallowe’en
Oct 28, 2011

Spookily good ideas for wines, beers, cocktails and soft drinks to get you into the festive spirit
  Top wine and beer matches for game
Oct 19, 2011
We Brits have always had a reputation for liking our wines old and our game high but times have changed. Today the key factor in matching game tends to be not how ‘gamey’ it is but how it’s cooked and what is served with it.
  The best food matches for Grenache
Sep 23, 2011
Today is the second International Grenache Day, a celebration of a grape which is (often anonymously) responsible for some of the most generous and appealing reds in the wine world. Here's a selection of food pairings you might want to try with it.
  What to drink with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s veggie recipes
Aug 27, 2011
The Guardian today publishes a selection of recipes from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's new book River Cottage Veg Everyday. I've made some suggestions in my column as to what to drink with them but here are some other ideas I couldn't fit in.
 
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