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Wine Pairing With Filipino Food: What to Pour With Adobo and More

18/03/2024

Bowl of Filipino pork adobo with rice and a glass of red wine

Filipino food is built on sour and salt, not chilli. Match the souring agent instead of the meat and adobo, sinigang and lechon all get easy.

Barossa Valley Wine Region: Old Vines, Big Shiraz and Where to Start

16/03/2024

Ancient gnarled Shiraz vine in a Barossa Valley vineyard at sunset

The Barossa has the oldest vines on earth, and a charter that sorts them into four tiers by age. What the region tastes like, five cellar doors and one bottle.

Bruschetta Wine Pairing: The Tomato Is Not the Problem

14/03/2024

Tomato bruschetta on toasted sourdough beside a glass of pale dry rose wine

Bruschetta is raw oil, raw garlic and raw tomato on hot toast, and it breaks more wine than it should. Here are the three styles that work, and why.

Wine Pairing With Lentils: The Tannin Problem Nobody Mentions

12/03/2024

A bowl of braised green lentils beside a glass of light red wine

Lentils are not the blank canvas everyone claims. They bring their own drying astringency, mostly in the skins, and almost no fat to soften it. That changes the wine.

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.

Best Wine for Sangria: What to Buy (and What to Skip)

06/12/2023

Jug of red sangria with orange slices beside a bottle of red wine

Cheap, dry and fruity beats expensive every time. The red and white grapes that make good sangria, the ones to avoid, a jug recipe and how strong a glass really is.

Best Wine for Mulled Wine: 9 Reds That Work (and What to Avoid)

03/12/2023

A steaming glass mug of mulled wine with an orange slice and cinnamon stick, spices scattered on a dark wooden table

The best wine for mulled wine is cheap, fruity and low in tannin. Nine reds that work, the ones to avoid, a stock-checked bottle, our basic recipe with three twists and the standard-drinks maths.