Australian Wine | Giggly Grapes

Chicken Tikka Masala Wine Pairing: It Is Not About the Heat

11/03/2024

Chicken tikka masala in a bowl with naan beside a glass of chilled dry white wine

Everyone pairs this dish as though it were a vindaloo. It is the mildest thing on the menu, built from cream and tomato to fix dry chicken, and that changes the wine completely.

Minestrone and Wine: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)

03/03/2024

A bowl of minestrone soup beside a glass of red wine

Minestrone needs a light red with fresh acidity and soft tannin. Sangiovese, pinot noir and vermentino all work, and here is why, plus one bottle to try.

Best Wine With Roast Chicken: Match the Skin, Not the Bird

02/03/2024

Golden roast chicken on a board beside a glass of white wine

Roast chicken is the most flexible main in the house. The wine is really matching the browned skin and the gravy, and that changes what you should pour.

Tiramisu and Wine: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)

02/03/2024

Slice of tiramisu beside a glass of golden dessert wine

Tiramisu needs a wine sweeter than it is. Here are the styles that work with coffee, cocoa and mascarpone, the ones to avoid, and one Barossa sticky to try.

Which Wine Pairs With Lamb? A Cut-by-Cut Guide

03/01/2024

Carved roast leg of lamb on a platter beside a glass of red wine

Lamb is the friendliest red meat for wine, but the cut changes the answer. Roast leg, rack, shanks, kebabs and curry, each with the wine that fits.

Australian Riesling: Why It Tastes of Lime and Ages for Decades

09/12/2023

Glass of pale Riesling beside fresh limes on slate

Australian Riesling is dry, not sweet. Why it tastes of lime, how Clare and Eden differ, how long it really lasts and what to eat with it.

Clare Valley Wine Region: Riesling Country, Two Hours North

08/12/2023

Clare Valley vineyard rows over low hills with a stone cottage

Australia’s best Riesling country, the valley that talked the world into screwcaps, five cellar doors and a 35 kilometre trail you can ride between them.

Best Wine With Pizza: What to Pour for Every Topping

30/11/2023

Neapolitan margherita pizza on a board beside a glass of red wine

Salt, acid, fat and char all fight your wine at once. Here is what to pour for margherita, pepperoni, mushroom and white pizza, and what to leave shut.

What Are Tannins in Wine? The Dry, Grippy Bit Explained

22/11/2023

A glass of deep red wine beside dried grape skins and seeds on a dark bench

Tannin is the dry, grippy feeling a red wine leaves behind, and it is a texture rather than a taste. Here is where it comes from and how to soften it.