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Wines to match summer vegetable-based recipes from Mark Hix

Wines to match summer vegetable-based recipes from Mark Hix

Posted on July 5 2008 at 10:09

Although you rarely match a wine to vegetables such as peas or beans they do have an influence on pairings. Peas have a natural sweetness, broad beans an earthiness and runner beans a herbaceous flavour that can affect the style of wine you choose. Here are my suggestions to go with the four recipes in Mark Hix’s column in the Independent today.

Tags: dry rosé Provence Provençal rosé drink:rosé Marsanne Roussanne Viognier Marsanne-Roussanne Rhône white Rhône white Châteauneuf-du-Pâpe Camel Valley Bacchus white burgundy burgundy Chardonnay Chablis Loire Quincy Pouilly-Fumé Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc anchovies drink:white wine green beans fried green beans and anchovies olive oil sea trout girolles runner beans red mullet pea shoots minestrone broad beans vegetable minestrone drink:champagne & sparkling summer vegetables food:fish & shellfish food:veg & salads drink:champagne & sparkling Champagne drink:sweet & fortified wine manzanilla fino Mark Hix
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Matching wine and soup

Matching wine and soup

Posted on January 9 2018 at 07:41

One of the few food and drink combinations I don’t feel that happy about is wine and soup. Not all soups, obviously, but many of them.

Tags: gazpacho cold soup chestnut soup lentil soup minestrone French onion soup tomato soup butternut squash soup pumpkin soup spinach soup watercress soup fish soup chicken soup mushroom soup creamy soups vegetable soup consommé soup food:soups & starters
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