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The 10 best wines for spring and early summer drinking

The 10 best wines for spring and early summer drinking

Posted on March 28 2007 at 10:11

The last two days have been quite, quite beautiful, starting mistily, basking midday in an unseasonally warm sun and finishing with an extended dusk that announces that spring is finally here. I immediately want to eat lighter meals: the new season’s vegetables are not quite in yet but I can at least plan for summer and that means a spring clean of the cellar, pushing the full bodied reds to the back and assessing what whites, lighter reds and rosés I still have lurking in the racks.

Tags: Chile Pinot Noir Bourgeuil Chinon Saumur-Champigny Cabernet Franc Loire drink:red wine rosado Navarra Rioja southern France Provence rosé light rosé drink:rosé Prosecco drink:champagne & sparkling Alto Adige dry Riesling Australia Clare Valley Germany Alsace kabinett Riesling white burgundy burgundy Chardonnay Chablis Riesling Pinot Grigio Albariño Grüner Veltliner South Africa Sauvignon-Semillon Bordeaux Sauvignon blends Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc drink:white wine barbecue pannetone food:desserts & cakes duck breasts duck grilled chicken salmon tuna seared tuna seared salmon mezze tuna grilled tuna aioli salade Niçoise salad Niçoise pasta with tomato sauce tomato sauces seafood pasta seafood risotto anti pasti south-east Asian Cantonese smoked chicken trout crab smoked salmon creamy sauces terrine vegetable terrine fish terrine poached chicken sushi oysters steamed fish tomato salad gazpacho food:soups & starters Vietnamese cuisine Chinese cuisine food:world food spring rolls noodle dishes noodles Asian salads dill coriander grilled seafood grilled fish asparagus goats' cheese food:pasta, rice & noodles cheese food:veg & salads food:fish & shellfish food:chicken & poultry Oregon New Zealand California burgundy red burgundy young Pinot Noir spring summer drinking summer early summer eating and drinking summer matches for summer matches for early summer spring summer matches for spring spring eating and drinking
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Matching German Riesling made easy

Posted on July 27 2011 at 22:32

Well, I don’t know about easy but there must be some easier way to get people into German wine . . .

Tags: food:fruit blue cheese korma mild curries Indian cuisine food:world food sweet and sour stir fry Vietnamese cuisine Thai cuisine south-east Asian Chinese cuisine food:world food spicy spice apple sauce pheasant goose game creamy sauce chicken chicken with creamy sauce food:chicken & poultry pork belly food:pork steamed fish fish starters food:soups & starters seafood salads sushi goats' cheese food:fish & shellfish food:veg & salads cheese berries tropical fruit drink:white wine Riesling Germany German spätlese auslese trocken The Ledbury German wine Germany The Ledbury drink:white wine Riesling German Riesling
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Wines to match three very nice simple recipes from cookery writer Ken Hom

Posted on June 29 2008 at 20:43

I was interested to read in the Telegraph this weekend that Ken Hom is planning to move from his French base in Cahors to spend more time in Italy and Thailand.

Tags: cava drink:champagne & sparkling Pomerol St-Emilion claret Merlot Merlot blends drink:red wine Bordeaux steak grilled steak food:beef & lamb Puligny-Montrachet white burgundy burgundy Chablis Riesling Loire Reuilly Sauvignon Blanc drink:white wine vinaigrette teriyaki girolles asparagus steamed fish Cantonese cuisine food:veg & salads food:fish & shellfish Chinese cuisine food:world food Champagne Ken Hom
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When your BF makes you an apple tart 😊 #appletart #appleFabulous day at a the first Cheese and Cider summit @littlepomona bringing together cheesemakers and cider producers. There’s a natural synergy between the two which i don’t think we make enough of. Here are two of my favourite cheeses, @applebyscheese Cheshire and @sticheltondairy along with gorgeous ciders from @rosscider, @welshmountaincider and @olivers_cider and @cellarmansam’s brilliant Cheddar on my Mind which, as the name suggests, is made to go with cheddar. . . . #cheese #cheddar #cheesemaker #cheeselover #cider #hardcider #cheeseandciderRare chance to drink a 1990 @pauljabouletaine Hermitage La Chapelle (in magnum) with @thewinesociety1874 @noblerotsoho last night for which they apparently paid £25 back in the 90s. The current vintage is now about £175 assuming you can even get your hands on a bottle*. Still amazingly intense so thought it went better with the cheeseboard than with the main course of roast chicken with morels and vin jaune which was perfect with a @domainefornerot Saint-Aubin. * apparently wines like this can sell out in 2 MINUTES once a newsletter goes out. #redwine #northernrhone #hermitage #roastchicken #cheese #saintaubin #whiteburgundy #winedinner #finewine #foodandwine #winelover #guestThese were the wines I presented at Friday night’s ‘Battle of the Beverages’ at @afoodfestival thanks to the generosity of the sponsors who donated the bottles. The idea was that @petebrownbeer and @olivers_cider and I should each champion a drink with 3 different cheeses * I picked @whitecastle’s Siegerrebe, a deliciously crisp fruity Welsh white to go with Dorstone goat cheese * A gorgeously rich full-bodied Ribera del Duero from @pradoreybodegas from @ultracomida go with a mature Teifi (a gouda-style cheese from @cawscenarthcheese) * and a lush, lemony @chateauliot Sauternes via @bordeauxwinesuk to go with Perl Las, a creamy slightly salty blue also from Caws Cenarth. You can see the beers and ciders my opponents put forward in the subsequent shots. Who won? Tom came first with two wins out of 3, I came second though won the third round with the Sauternes and Pete, somewhat unfairly, came third although he fielded some great beers. Fact is cider is amazingly delicious with cheese as you’ll find if you sign up to my Substack and join my online ‘bring a bottle’ subscribers’ tasting this coming Thursday. (You can join for £4.50 a month though a year’s sub is cheaper pro rata 😉. And you get wine recs too!) . . . #cheese #wineandcheese #wine #winepairing #welshwine #siegerrebe #goatcheese #dorstone #riberadelduero #redwine #teifi #sauternes #sweetwine #bluecheese #perllas Follow on Instagram

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