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Five great cheese and wine pairings

Five great cheese and wine pairings

Posted on August 13 2008 at 08:27

You know how difficult it is to find a good wine and cheese match? Well here are five I’ve recently tasted that hit the spot perfectly. Four were at a tasting at the recent Bristol Wine Fair that was conducted by the food and wine writer Andrea Leeman. The other was a serendipitous one I came across the other night when we were eating with friends.

Tags: Albet i Noya Spain Sauvignon Blanc Goldridge Estate New Zealand Marlborough Languedoc Grenache Blanc Terret Picpoul Clairette Muscat vin blanc southern France drink:red wine Côtes du Rhône Domaine Chaude-Arnaud Grenache blend Grenache Syrah Cinsault drink:sweet & fortified wine Maury drink:spirits & cocktails sloe gin Banyuls Rhône Penedès Xarel-lo drink:white wine La Granja Manchego blue cheese stilton Stitchelton Keen's cheddar goats' cheese White Lake 'Rachel' Trethowan Caerphilly food:cheese
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Best food pairings with sauvignon blanc

Best food pairings with sauvignon blanc

Posted on May 16 2023 at 10:11

Sauvignon blanc is many people's favourite wine but what type of food pairs with it best?

Tags: Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc oaked sauvignon blanc fumé blanc white Bordeaux Entre-Deux-Mers Graves Sauvignon-Semillon Chilean Sauvignon Blanc Pouilly Fumé Sancerre Thai food Greek food Mexican food food:world food dill pasta primavera spring vegetables pea soup peas Thai fish cakes coriander herbs green peppers pea shoots asparagus spring onions scallions avocado grilled lamb food:beef & lamb grilled chicken feta olives goat cheese salads tomato gazpacho goats cheese food:veg & salads sashimi squid trout fish and chips whitebait goujons fried fish mackerel sardines sea bass oysters crab food:fish & shellfish sauvignon blanc drink:white wine
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Pork, chilli, coconut and gapi salad with Momo Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Pork, chilli, coconut and gapi salad with Momo Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Posted on January 17 2011 at 08:08

I’ve been tasting a lot of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc this week but was also reminded how well it goes with Asian food at Peter Gordon’s new restaurant Kopapa.

Tags: coconut Peter Gordon Kopapa Momo Seresin New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon Blanc drink:white wine pork, chilli, coconut and gapi salad food:veg & salads food:pork food:soups & starters Asian-style salads Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
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What to eat with Cloudy Bay

What to eat with Cloudy Bay

Posted on October 7 2014 at 08:09

For most people the New Zealand winery Cloudy Bay is synonymous with sauvignon blanc but their range now extends to sparkling, sweet and red wines, a message underlined by a dinner at Hix Mayfair (in Brown’s Hotel) the other day.

Tags: asparagus food:veg & salads chocolate mousse food:desserts & cakes washed-rind cheese Guernsey Goddess steak food:beef & lamb bacon food:pork turbot oysters food:fish & shellfish late harvest riesling drink:sweet & fortified wine Central Otago pinot noir Marlborough pinot noir New Zealand pinot noir pinot noir New Zealand chardonnay drink:red wine chardonnay Cloudy Bay sauvignon blanc Marlborough sauvignon blanc New Zealand sauvignon blanc sauvignon blanc drink:white wine
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So women do drink beer, strong beer at that. @jennychandleruk sneakily snatched this shot of me in what she dubbed my Mrs Thatcher cardigan at @the.portcullis annual Belgian beer festival yesterday along with fabulous landlady Dee. Love the fact one of the beers we were drinking was called Cuvée des Trolls. We also got to share the impossible-to-find Westvleteren which Paul goes over to Belgium to collect in person. Doubt they’ll have any left today but they should have some of the other amazing brews. Head down there if you’re local . . . #beer #belgianbeer #westvleteren #theportcullis #pub #drinklocal #clifton #bristolThere are pictures of Russell Norman all over instagram - everyone is so shocked at his sudden and untimely death. Everyone has a story to tell of his warmth and kindness. He lived and breathed hospitality. So here’s a taste of his genius, the £5 negroni he served at the wonderful @bru.tto. Not just ANY negroni of course - the gin was one he’d developed with Luca de Vita from Alla Testiere and the amaro Select rather than Campari. He could have charged at least double that for it but he didn’t. You sat down with it and all was right with the world. Except now it isn’t. He will be and already is so very much missed.Proper swish old school French cooking @64goodgestreet yesterday with wines to match. They’ve taken off the lobster vol—au-vent but this crab raviolo in the silkiest of seafood bisques is a more than worthy substitute. Roast partridge incredibly delicious too. Thanks @thaneeprince for a massive treat. (We treat each other to a slap-up birthday meal which gives us the excuse to go somewhere flashy. Don’t say happy birthday - it was several months ago. Doesn’t have to be on the day!) . . . #crab #ravioli #partridge #finedining #cheninblanc #redburgundy #pinotnoir #foodandwineLove the fact that my local wine merchant @dbmwine was so excited about these Slovenian wines from @dopplerwine that he dropped round the open bottles they’d just been tasting. I was blown away too especially by the two whites, a wonderfully fresh, summery 10.5% silvaner which was still dry and a dry furmint that tasted like a just-ripe white peach. The red blaufrankish/zweigelt blend was lovely too with its tart hedgerow fruit but at 12% would be a bit light for a Malbec lover, say. Really really interesting wines - what you go to an Indy wine merchant for. . . . #wine #slovenianwine #silvaner #furmint #blaufrankisch #zwelgelt #winemerchant #clifton #shoplocal #presssample #notpaidreview Follow on Instagram

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