Pairings | Braised beef
Beef stew and oloroso sherry
Posted on October 14 2023 at 11:47
Last week I was at the Copa Jerez, an international wine and food competition where teams pair a 3 course menu with sherry.
Slow-cooked beef cheek and Cotes du Rhone
Posted on March 12 2019 at 07:14
There’s so much inexpensive Côtes du Rhône about that it’s easy to forget that it can be a sufficiently substantial wine to take on a richly flavoured dish, especially if it comes from a named village and a good vintage.
Braised short ribs and Monastrell (aka Mourvèdre)
Posted on March 5 2012 at 13:07
One of the tricky decisions to make when you’re serving a rich, winey stew is whether to go for a wine of equal weight or a lighter medium-bodied wine as a refreshing contrast.
A rich jus and Ju de Vie
Posted on December 21 2020 at 10:26
You’d think a rich winey sauce or jus would be the easiest thing to match with red wine but that isn’t necessarily the case as it tends to compete with it.
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