What Wine Goes With Dumplings? Pairings for Pork, Prawn and Veggie Dumplings
Pinot gris, dry sparkling or off-dry riesling: the best wines for dumplings, why they work, and what to skip.
Read moreOff-Dry Wine: What It Means and How Sweet It Is
Off-dry means 4 to 12 grams of sugar a litre. Here is the full sweetness scale in numbers, why off-dry often tastes dry, and why Extra Dry sparkling is sweeter than Brut.
Read morePinot Gris vs Pinot Grigio: What Is the Difference?
Same grape, two names, two styles. Grigio is crisp and citrusy, Gris is fuller and rounder. How to tell which is in the bottle before you buy it.
Read moreBest White Wine for Mushroom Sauce: In the Pan and in the Glass
Which white wine to cook mushroom sauce with, which one to drink with it, and why they are not always the same bottle.
Read moreBest Wine With Chinese Food: Salt, Sugar and Chilli Sorted
Chinese cooking throws salt, sugar, chilli and fat at your glass all at once. Here is the one bottle that survives a shared table, and why alcohol makes chilli worse.
Read moreWhat Wine Goes With Ravioli? A Filling-by-Filling Guide
Ravioli is a shape, not a dish. Here is the right wine for cheese, meat, mushroom, pumpkin and seafood fillings, plus what to avoid.
Read moreSeafood Risotto and Wine: What to Pour (and What to Cook With)
Creamy, salty and delicate all at once. The crisp whites that suit seafood risotto, the ones that ruin it, which wine to put in the pan, and one bottle that does both jobs.
Read moreWine Pairing With Potato Soup: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)
The best wine pairing with potato soup is a lightly oaked Chardonnay, with Pinot Gris and Sauvignon Blanc close behind. What works, what to avoid and one bottle to try.
Read moreButter Chicken Wine Pairing: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)
Butter chicken is creamy, sweet and gently spiced, which rules out big reds. Here are the whites that work, the ones to avoid, and one bottle to try tonight.
Read moreAlbariño Wine Pairing: The Foods It Was Built For
Albariño is a seafood wine first and a flexible one second. Here is what it matches best, what to avoid, how to serve it, and an honest pick when none is in stock.
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