Pairings | Umami
The secret of sake and food pairing
Posted on March 21 2013 at 10:03
Our new contributor, former sommelier Donald Edwards, reports back from a sake and food tasting at Novikov and reveals why the art of sake appreciation has a lot to teach wine-lovers.
How to counter the acidity of young wines
Posted on November 23 2016 at 09:33
Wines, especially dry whites and rosés, are released so early these days that they’re often still uncomfortably tart but, as I discovered on a trip to the Centre-Loire wine region recently you can choose food that will round out their harsher edges.
Mature Marlborough chardonnay with modern Japanese food
Posted on June 5 2018 at 08:03
I don’t often go to wine lunches or dinners, preferring to experiment with a range of wines from more than one country and producer with the food I’m eating but I couldn’t resist the temptation of trying New Zealand producer Astrolabe’s wine with the food at Sake No Hana in London's St James's.
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