Manzanilla sherry and sushi

Sushi is possibly not the first kind of food you’d think of pairing with wine but turns out it’s surprisingly good with sherry.

Not the sweet treacley kind your nan used to keep in the dining room cupboard obviously but a fresh, tangy manzanilla served cold from the fridge as I discovered this weekend when I tried a number of experimental sherry pairings on a group of friends.

The sherry concerned was a Hidalgo La Gitana Manzanilla which normally sells for about £6-7 a half bottle but which is on offer at the time of writing at £6 for 50cl in Sainsbury’s. Fino sherry, being quite similar in flavour to sake, would obviously work too.

Given how easy it is to buy sushi off the shelf these days it would make a super-easy treat of a midweek supper. All you have to do is keep a bottle of manzanilla in the fridge which isn’t too much of a hardship ....

If this appeals to you see this list of other drink pairings with sushi