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The best food to pair with Chardonnay

The best food to pair with Chardonnay

Posted on August 10 2021 at 07:31

If you're looking for food pairings for chardonnay, you're in luck! Whatever the style it's a fantastic food wine.

Tags: NOSHOW:highlight Chablis Puligny-Montrachet white burgundy Chardonnay drink:white wine fennel white truffle wild mushrooms hazelnuts guinea fowl poulet de Bresse roast chicken foie gras scallops lobster cheddar sweetcorn red peppers mushrooms veal chops turbot steak béarnaise butternut squash eggs benedict chicken makhani chicken salad caesar salad ham pork creamy sauces buttery sauces salmon fish cakes fish pie oysters spring vegetable risotto risotto fish terrine vegetable terrine chicken terrine fish pâté grilled fish prawns crab
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Top pairings for dry and off-dry Alsace whites

Top pairings for dry and off-dry Alsace whites

Posted on April 15 2014 at 07:53

A re-run of an old post following a visit to Alsace, updating my recommendations on the best pairings for the region's dry and off-dry white wines.

Tags: grand cru late-harvest apple streudel apple crumble Alsace Muscat Sylvaner Pinot Blanc Gewürztraminer Riesling drink:white wine smoked ham fruit salad fresh fruit tropical fruit tropical fruit salad smoked cheese asparagus charcuterie stir fry tartiflette frittata fish cakes fish pie ham and cheese salad pasta with creamy sauce risotto quiche Lorraine tarte flambé onion tart duck goose Stinking Bishop washed rind cheese Maroilles Epoisses lobster laksa Munster cheese Korean cuisine Szechuan Chinese cuisine rogan josh Rogan Josh guinea fowl pigeon game pâté game monkfish scallops gravadlax mushrooms foie gras charcuterie pâté en croûte veal in creamy sauce chicken in creamy sauce veal food:beef & lamb Thai cuisine Japanese cuisine Chinese cuisine Indian cuisine Vietnamese cuisine food:world food citrus apple fish tacos crab cakes pad thai dim sum tandoori tandoori chicken chicken tikka korma curry curries pork belly food:pork goats cheese onion tart seabass sea bass eel fish terrine smoked eel Alsace blends salmon smoked salmon smoked fish seafood cocktail seafood salad crab oysters ceviche carpaccio tartare sashimi fish in creamy sauce smorgasbord sushi cinnamon creamy sauces sole plaice zander choucroute food:veg & salads food:chicken & poultry food:fruit food:fish & shellfish mango Riesling blends vendange tardive rogan josh
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The best food pairings with white burgundy

The best food pairings with white burgundy

Posted on January 9 2020 at 07:13

White burgundy includes a multitude of wines from generic bourgogne blanc to the grandeur of a Bâtard-Montrachet or Corton-Charlemagne. But it’s the affordable wines that I’m focussing on in this post. What type of food do they pair with best?

Tags: potted shrimps mushroom risotto mushrooms fennel cauliflower food:veg & salads crab scallops salmon food:fish & shellfish sole meuniere fish pie chicken pot pie béarnaise sauce hollandaise sauce cream creamy sauces butter roast chicken food:chicken & poultry chassagne-montrachet puligny-montrachet Meursault Saint-veran Bourgogne blanc white burgundy drink:white wine
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Pairing food and Chablis

Pairing food and Chablis

Posted on April 6 2021 at 07:39

Despite the emphasis that winemakers place on the different crus or terroirs of Chablis three factors seem to me to influence a food match more than any other for most of the Chablis you’ll taste - the age of the wine, the vintage and the degree of oak influence, if any.

Tags: drink:white wine Chablis premier cru chablis grand cru chablis oysters snails shellfish gougères ham jambon persillé chicken veal creamy sauces
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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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Weekend wine bargain: Yalumba Y series Viognier 2015

Weekend wine bargain: Yalumba Y series Viognier 2015

Posted on April 16 2016 at 08:01

If you’re a viognier fan here’s a chance to buy Yalumba's excellent Y series viognier at a very good price

Tags: chicken korma chicken creamy sauces viognier Australian white wine drink:white wine
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Clos Michet 2009, Domaine de la Taille aux Loups, Montlouis

Clos Michet 2009, Domaine de la Taille aux Loups, Montlouis

Posted on August 2 2014 at 09:21

This week has been all about dipping into bottles in the cellar in our house in France. Well, not strictly the cellar - more like the cupboard under the stairs. It’s not ideal wine storage - it’s a bit too warm in the Languedoc - but it stays cooler than the rest of the house.

Tags: creamy sauces chard gratin chard food:veg & salads Jacky Blot chenin blanc Montlouis drink:white wine Loire
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