Wine 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 moreWhat Wine Goes with Mushrooms? The Honest Answer
Mushroom umami turns big reds bitter. Here is what to pour instead, dish by dish, plus one stock-checked Australian pinot noir worth opening tonight.
Read moreBest Wine With Fish and Chips: What Cuts Through the Batter
You are not pairing wine with the fish. You are pairing it with oil, salt and vinegar. Sparkling first, dry Riesling second, plus one stocked Australian pick.
Read moreRatatouille and Wine: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)
Ratatouille has no meat and plenty of tomato acid, which is why big reds fail. Here is what works, version by version, plus one stock-checked Australian bottle.
Read moreMeatloaf Wine Pairing: What to Pour for Beef or Turkey
Grenache, Merlot or Barbera are the best wines for meatloaf. The mince is not the hard part, the sweet and salty glaze on top is.
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 moreWine With Seafood: What to Pour for Every Kind of Fish
Crisp, dry and unoaked covers nearly all seafood. What to pour for oysters, prawns, grilled salmon and fish and chips, and why iron is the real culprit.
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.
Read moreWine Pairing With Filipino Food: What to Pour With Adobo and More
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.
Read moreBruschetta Wine Pairing: The Tomato Is Not the Problem
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.
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