Pairings | Dry amontillado sherry

Beer vs wine: experiments with cheddar

Posted on August 11 2010 at 15:27

The other evening I had an interesting session with a few food bloggers matching Davidstow cheddar for which I’d been asked to come up with some drink pairings*. My task was to talk about the wine. The company’s Head Grader Mark Pitts-Tucker brought along a couple of Cornish ales - Sharp’s Doombar and St Austell Tribute.

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The best wine matches for Manchego, Berkswell and other hard sheep cheeses

Posted on August 4 2020 at 07:28

Hard sheep cheeses are the winelover’s friend.

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