Pairings

Top wine and beer matches for game

Posted on October 6 2012 at 08:00

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.

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Top wine pairings for lamb

Posted on March 27 2013 at 07:45

It’s true that lamb is one of the most wine-friendly of meats, as at home with red Bordeaux and Rioja as it is with the more fruit driven varietals from the new world. But if you’re looking for a spot-on match it’s worth thinking just how - and for how long - you’re going to cook it.

Tags: IPA drink:beer & cider Greek whites Greece Greek Assyrtiko drink:white wine vintage rosé Champagne sparkling rosé rosé Champagne drink:champagne & sparkling dry rosé strong dry rosé drink:rosé Shiraz Pinotage Chile Barbera Zinfandel Douro Languedoc Côtes du Rhône Côtes du Roussillon Ribera del Duero St-Joseph Côte Rôtie Hermitage Syrah Rhône slow roast shoulder shoulder of lamb Chianti burgundy Beaujolais Gamay Cabernet-Merlot red burgundy Pinot Noir Merlot Tempranillo claret Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet blends Rioja Bordeaux drink:red wine spring lamb milk-fed lamb rogan josh curry lamb curry butterflied lamb barbecued lamb chargrilled lamb aubergine lamb with aubergine lamb tagine tagine hotpot shepherds pie lamb casserole lamb stew mutton hoggett rosemary lamb noisettes garlic leg of lamb rack of lamb food:beef & lamb
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Which wines match best with pork?

Posted on January 26 2010 at 07:11

I always think it’s misleading to describe pork as a ‘white meat’. Strictly that's accurate, I suppose, but ‘whiteness’ somehow seems to suggest lack of flavour. Although that’s still true of much mass-produced pork there’s far more rare breed pork around these days which has a great deal of character.