Following a recent wine dinner in Brighton, author and journalist Stuart Walton assesses how New Zealand producer Villa Maria’s wines stood up to celebrity chef Ross Burden’s colourful cuisine

One of our regular contributors David Furer spotted this terrific piece on  beer and food matching on Canadian beer writer Stephen Beaumont's website. We loved it and Stephen has kindly given us permission to reproduce it here.

With two TV series and a blockbuster book in the pipeline Heston’s set to be the chef we’re all going to be talking about this autumn. Matching Food & Wine contributor Signe Johansen, who spent three months working at the Fat Duck, gives an exclusive insight into what goes in Heston’s lab and the team who bring his off-the-wall ideas to fruition

Guest contributors Trish Gilmore and Hal Josephson wine and dine in one of New Zealand’s premier wine regions

David Furer takes on the enviable task of running this well-associated pairing through its paces again. With mixed results.

Plenty, argues food and wine writer Stuart Walton

Food and wine writer David Furer wines and dines his way round this most cosmopolitan of cities

IIn his second report from Alsace, food and wine writer Stuart Walton checks out two strikingly different dining options.

In the first of two reports from a recent gastronomic trip to the region Stuart Walton picks out the best food and wine pairings

Award-winning food writer Jill Norman casts a critical eye over some unconventional pairings