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What Wine Goes With Sushi? Easy Pairings for Salmon, Tuna and Veggie Rolls

21/09/2026

Sushi platter with a glass of chilled white wine

Dry Riesling, crisp sparkling and light Pinot Gris are the safest wines with sushi. Here is what soy, wasabi and raw fish do to a glass, plus one bottle to try tonight.

Mango Wine: What It Is, How It Is Made and Where to Buy It

23/08/2025

A glass of golden mango wine beside two ripe mangoes on a dark bench

Mango wine is fermented mango pulp, usually 6 to 12 per cent alcohol. Here is how it is made, why it does not taste much like mango, and where to buy it.

Residual Sugar in Wine: The Chart and What It Really Means

15/12/2024

Five glasses of wine arranged from pale dry white to deep golden sweet wine

Residual sugar is the sugar left after fermentation stops, measured in grams a litre. Here is the full chart for still and sparkling wine, and why the number on the sheet is not the sweetness you taste.

Best Wine With Raclette: What Cuts Through Melted Cheese

12/10/2024

Melted raclette cheese scraped over potatoes beside a glass of white wine

Dry Riesling, Chasselas or a chilled light red are the best wines for raclette. Here is what melted cheese does to a bottle, what to avoid, and one stock checked pick.

Off-Dry Wine: What It Means and How Sweet It Is

04/10/2024

Three glasses of white wine in a row from pale to deep gold

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.

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

23/08/2024

Bowl of miso soup beside a glass of white wine on a timber table

Miso is salty, sweet and full of umami, which is hard on red wine. What to pour with miso soup, miso black cod and miso ramen, and the reds to keep off the table.

Best Wine for Spicy Food: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)

13/08/2024

Spicy red curry with a cold glass of Riesling

The best wine for spicy food is low in alcohol, a little sweet and served cold. Off-dry Riesling leads, with Gewürztraminer, Moscato and chilled Gamay behind. What to avoid and why.

Cedar Plank Salmon Wine Pairing: What to Pour With the Smoke

31/07/2024

Salmon cooking on a cedar plank beside a glass of light red wine

The plank does half the cooking, and the smoke changes the wine. Pinot Noir, lightly oaked Chardonnay and dry rosé, plus one stock-checked Tasmanian pick.

Wine Pairing With Salad: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)

15/07/2024

Glass of white wine beside a green salad and a jug of vinaigrette

Salad is not hard to match, the dressing just gets in the way. Here is what to pour, what to avoid, and why no wine can out-acid a vinaigrette.

Best Wine for Stuffed Mushrooms: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)

11/07/2024

Baked stuffed mushroom caps on a slate board beside a glass of light red wine

Pinot Noir most nights, lightly oaked Chardonnay when the filling is cheesy, and dry sparkling for a party tray. Here is why big reds fail with mushrooms.