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The best food pairings for rioja

Posted on January 14 2017 at 09:02

Rioja - and by that I mean red rioja - is one of the UK's best-loved wines and one of the easiest ones to match with food too.

The best food pairings for rosé

Posted on July 10 2015 at 06:48

None of you, I’m sure, can have failed to notice just how many different bottles of rosé are now available on the average supermarket shelf. From being purely a summer wine there are now rosés for almost every type of food and occasion.

Tags: California Chile Cabernet Syrah Palette Rosado Bandol rosé Bordeaux clairet Merlot Navarra Rioja Languedoc Rhône white Zinfandel off-dry off-dry rosé Mateus Rosé dry rosé Rosé d’Anjou Loire Bardolino Chiaretto Provence burgundy Sancerre Rosé Pinot Noir drink:rosé strawberry tart strawberries fruit tart muffin cake cakes tapas peaches peach food:fruit food:desserts & cakes grouse pheasant pigeon game canapés spices spicy food Brie Camembert white-rinded cheese duck food:chicken & poultry tuna salmon lobster sheep's cheese ham terrine charcuterie pâté barbecue food:pork grilled lamb herbs grilled fish grilled chicken tapenade paella salade Niçoise pimenton saffron garlic olives anchovies curry risotto rice pasta salads shellfish goats' cheese grilled fish food:fish & shellfish food:veg & salads Australia drink:champagne & sparkling sparkling rosé rosé Champagne cava rosado cava New Zealand Australia Portugal Spain
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The best food pairings for Grenache

Posted on September 21 2018 at 08:27

Today is International Grenache Day, a celebration of a grape which is (often anonymously) responsible for some of the most generous and appealing reds in the wine world.

Tags: drink:red wine grenache cheese Indian cuisine Moroccan cuisine rabbit pork daube stew braise casserole should of lamb lamb shanks lamb paprika pimenton goulash curry rogan josh tagine sausage and mash sausages mash shepherds pie steak and kidney pie meat pie pie Red Leicester cheddar macaroni cheese pulses beans bean bake barbecue vegetarian Christmas turkey Spanish rosé vin doux naturel Rasteau Maury Banyuls drink:sweet & fortified wine Languedoc Tavel Grenache rosé Garnacha Rosado drink:rosé white Côtes du Rhône Côtes du Rhône Blanc Châteauneuf-du-Pâpe Blanc Collioure Blanc white Rioja white Grenache drink:white wine Rhône Mourvèdre Syrah Châteauneuf-du-Pâpe Côtes du Rhône Garnacha Grenache drink:red wine chocolate figs food:fruit blue cheese paella charcuterie root vegetables oxtail venison game Christmas dinner Christmas turkey
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Chicken with sweet peppers and Tempranillo

Posted on April 8 2008 at 09:51

I’m constantly amazed at the stream of good value reds that is coming out of Spain these days. Here’s another - La Copa Tempranillo 2005 from the up and coming Campo de Borja wine region which is situated in Aragon to the north west of Zaragoza. It appears to be made by a co-operative, the Cooperative de Santo Cristo de Magallon but is none the worse for that.

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Pairings | Pimenton

The best food pairings for rioja

The best food pairings for rosé

The best food pairings for Grenache

Chicken with sweet peppers and Tempranillo

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