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Wine, beer and other pairings with Mexican food

Wine, beer and other pairings with Mexican food

Posted on May 5 2023 at 09:29

The thing you need to ask yourself when you’re wondering which wine - or other drink - to pair with Mexican food is what kind of Mexican. Authentic Mexican or Tex Mex?

Tags: Americano coffee citrus fizz agua fresca drink:alcohol-free drinks margaritas stout dark lager amber ale pale ale wheat beer drink:beer & cider chenin blanc zinfandel Cabernet Sauvignon Syrah Malbec cotes du rhone barbera garnacha rioja Godello drink:red wine albarino Sauvignon Blanc drink:white wine carnitas mole guacamole tostadas tacos Mexican food Mexican food:world food
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6 of the best drinks to pair with tacos

6 of the best drinks to pair with tacos

Posted on February 22 2021 at 10:18

Mexican restaurants have been on a roll lately so tacos are much more widely available than they used to be in the UK.

Tags: tepache tequila mezcal agua fresca margaritas lager drink:beer & cider tacos Mexican food food:world food
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Tacos and tamarind agua fresca

Tacos and tamarind agua fresca

Posted on March 28 2016 at 09:34

It’s always good to come across a soft drink that pairs as well with food as an alcoholic one and the Mexicans have a particularly refreshing one in agua fresca.

Tags: agua fresca tamarind agua fresca drink:alcohol-free drinks flautas tacos Mexican food food:world food
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What to drink with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's veggie recipes

What to drink with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's veggie recipes

Posted on August 27 2011 at 06:00

If you’re used to choosing wine - or other drinks - to match with meat or fish you may be flummoxed when it comes to chosing one for vegetarian friends. But as I explain in my Guardian column today it’s a question of finding out how the wine is made - and in particular whether any animal-based products have been used in the fining process.

Tags: margarita drink:spirits & cocktails British ale strong British ale American-style brown ale ale brown ale IPA medium-dry cider stout porter lager Mexican lager cider weissbier witbier white beer wheat beer drink:beer & cider dry rosé drink:rosé Syrah Malbec Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Garnacha Tempranillo Rioja drink:red wine Semillon white Minervois Roussanne Marsanne Roussanne-Marsanne Rueda Picpoul de Pinet Sauvignon Blanc Pinot Grigio drink:white wine chillies stuffed with beans chilli gratin peanuts sweet potato sweet potato and peanut gratin chard and new potato curry harissa potato roasted new potatoes with harissa pitta chickpea carrot spicy carrot and chickpea pitta pulses tomato beans tomato and bean soup sumac cauliflower cauliflower with sumac and seeds green bean aubergine curry aubergine and green bean curry food:pasta, rice & noodles food:soups & starters food:veg & salads drink:alcohol-free drinks mango lassi lassi apple juice agua fresca lime lime agua fresca Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall vegetarian food vegetarian
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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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