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Alfredo Sauce Wine Pairing: What Cuts Through All That Cream

09/03/2024

A glass of white wine beside a bowl of fettuccine in creamy sauce with parmesan

A dry white with high acid and little oak is the best wine for Alfredo sauce. One cup carries 39 grams of fat and 1,404 milligrams of sodium.

Lemon Chicken Wine Pairing: Two Dishes, Two Different Wines

04/03/2024

Roast lemon chicken with lemon halves beside a glass of white wine

Battered takeaway lemon chicken and roast Greek lemon chicken are not the same dish and do not want the same wine. Here is the split, plus one stocked dry Riesling.

Aglio e Olio Wine Pairing: The Pasta With No Acid in It

02/03/2024

Spaghetti aglio e olio in a bowl beside a glass of chilled dry white wine

Every other pasta sauce brings its own acidity. This one brings garlic, oil, chilli and salt, and nothing to balance them, so the wine has to do all the work.

Waipara Valley Wine Region: New Zealand’s Riesling Heartland

20/12/2023

Vineyard rows on limestone hillsides with distant snow-capped mountains

An hour north of Christchurch, sheltered by low hills and built on limestone clay. What Waipara tastes like, which cellar doors are actually open, and when to go.

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.