Wine Pairing | Giggly Grapes

Liver and Onions and Wine: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)

04/05/2024

Pan of liver and caramelised onions beside a glass of light red wine

Liver is iron-dense, and iron is what makes wine taste metallic. Gamay, Pinot Noir and Loire Cabernet Franc all work, served cool. Here is why, and what to avoid.

Best Wine With Chinese Food: Salt, Sugar and Chilli Sorted

02/05/2024

Steamer of dumplings beside a glass of white wine

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.

Best Wine With Salmon: Grilled, Baked, Smoked and Cold

01/05/2024

A glass of light red wine beside a seared salmon fillet on a dark slate plate

Salmon is an oily fish that behaves more like chicken than snapper, so it can take a light red. Here is what to pour for every way you cook it.

What Wine Goes With Ravioli? A Filling-by-Filling Guide

25/04/2024

Plate of ravioli beside a glass of white wine on a timber table

Ravioli is a shape, not a dish. Here is the right wine for cheese, meat, mushroom, pumpkin and seafood fillings, plus what to avoid.

Seafood Risotto and Wine: What to Pour (and What to Cook With)

24/04/2024

Bowl of seafood risotto with prawns beside a glass of white wine

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.

Best Cheese With Orange Wine: What to Serve and Skip

23/04/2024

Aged gouda, comte and washed rind cheese beside a glass of amber orange wine

Aged gouda, comte and washed rind cheeses are the best match for orange wine. The full board, what to avoid, and a bottle to try tonight.

Cheesecake Wine Pairing: The Best Wines for Every Slice

19/04/2024

Slice of strawberry cheesecake beside a flute of sparkling rosé

Moscato, sparkling rosé, late-harvest Riesling or a Rutherglen Muscat: the best wine for cheesecake depends on the topping. Matches for berry, lemon, chocolate and caramel, and what to avoid.

Pan Fried Pork Chops and Wine: What to Pour

11/04/2024

Pan fried pork chops in a skillet beside a glass of red wine

Pork chops want a light red with fresh acidity or a zippy dry white. Pinot noir, dry riesling and grenache all work. Here is which one, and when.

Rotisserie Chicken and Wine: What to Pour Tonight

10/04/2024

A rotisserie chicken on a board beside a glass of white wine

A hot supermarket chook wants an unoaked chardonnay or a chilled pinot noir. The salt and crisp skin are doing the work, and here is how to match them.

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

09/04/2024

Steamed asparagus spears and a glass of chilled white wine

Asparagus can make wine taste metallic. Here is why, plus the dry whites that work, what to avoid, and one stock-checked Australian bottle to try tonight.