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BBQ Squid Stuffed with Prawns and Herbs (matched with 2014 Assyrtiko, Wild Ferment, Gaia) by Helen Graves @FoodStories

[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] The wonderful thing about the British weather is that we can confidently define the seasons, from April showers through to rusty autumn leaves and the bare-naked chill of winter. When summer comes around though, anything goes. One minute you’re sitting on a roof terrace hosing back…

British sparkling wine – more than a match for Champagne by Kerstin Rodgers @MsMarmitelover

[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] There has always been a close relationship between Champagne and the British. We are their biggest export market, buying almost a quarter of their output. The UK expenditure on Champagne is 75% more than the next biggest market, the United States – we buy over 30…

Crab fried rice (matched with 2014 Chateau la Moutete, Grand Reserve Rose) by Helen Graves @FoodStories

[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] I’ve long been of the opinion that crab is the tastiest creature to walk the earth and seabed (sideways). So yes, it’s my favourite food but even if it were not, I’d still recognise that it’s far tastier than lobster, and much cheaper as a bonus.…

What wine to drink with pizza? by Kerstin Rodgers @MsMarmitelover

[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] A thick new red book, virtually an encyclopaedia of pizza, has just been published called Where to Eat Pizza (Phaidon), by American author Daniel Young. Pizza is probably the most popular fast food around the world. It’s almost one of the most profitable as the ingredients are…

Roman–style lamb with caponata (matched with 2013 Il Passo, Nerello Mascalese, Vigneti Zabu) by Helen Graves @FoodStories

[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] This being my first post about food and wine matching, I must own up to something straight away: I used to be scared of wine. Not scared it was going to hurt me (although of course that has happened), but intimidated by the way some people…

The best wines to serve with Easter lamb – a Telegraph article by Victoria Moore

Of all the dinners in all the world, lamb is one of the most joyful to eat with red wine. Its classic match is cabernet sauvignon: there is extraordinary synergy between even the most green and tannic of clarets and this almost herbally scented meat. At the very…

Spanish wines and tapas recipes by Kerstin Rodgers @MsMarmitelover

[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] If you ever go to Seville – and I recommend it as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, with orange scented streets, white horse drawn carriages, and walls covered with blazing pelargoniums – look up Shawn Hennessey who runs tapas tours. She will take you…

Wines for Mother’s Day – Take something special home if you are visiting your mum this weekend

Which of our specially hand-picked selection best describes your mum? Loves to indulge in a sophisticated glass of bubbly…. TALTARNI TACHÉ “One of the best bottle fermented New World sparklers we have come across, bold red fruit flavours, polished and really satisfying.” Enjoys a glass of rich red…….. LIRAC DOMAINE MOULIN DES CHÊNES “A…

Shaw + Smith M3 : This genuinely fine and restrained Australian Chardonnay in a Burgundian style is one of the new world’s finest examples

2014 Shaw & Smith M3 Adelaide Hills Chardonnay “Over the last three decades, the Adelaide Hills has built a reputation as one of Australia’s most exciting cool climate regions producing distinctive, refined and elegant wines. Cousins Martin Shaw & Michael Smith began in 1989 and today they are recognised as standard bearers for the region”…

One of the New World’s finest Cabernet Sauvignons – from expert producers Rustenberg

2007 Peter Barlow, Rustenberg “With a long and very proud history of producing exceptional wines, Rustenberg’s is one of South Africa’s top wineries. Their top cuvée Peter Barlow Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the New World’s finest Bordeaux styled reds” Nick Adams MW Rustenburg began life in 1682 and has had an interesting history. In the early…

A really fine Platter 5 star winning Shiraz from the foothills of Table Mountain

2011 Eagles’ Nest Shiraz, Constantia As fine a Shiraz as I have tasted out of South Africa. Eagle’s Nest has raised the bar in Constantia, with dramatically good wines from cool, steep vineyards at the foot of Table Mountain. This Shiraz is rich and concentrated, with a really fine structure, balance and texture – just emerging from its shell…

The best Rias Baixas we have ever tasted and winner of Wines from Spain’s Best White Wine 2015!

2014 Turonia Rías Baixas Quinta de Couselo Albariño, Galicia, Spain Quinta de Couselo is in the O Rosal Valley, on the northern side of the Mino River, in the north west Galicia district of Spain, close to the Atlantic Ocean. The Cistercian monks of Santa Maria de Ola lived in the monastery, which was built…