Food Pairings
Salad and Prosecco. Really?
With a choice of 16 different lettuce types and a mixture of ways in which to prepare them and what ingredients to add, salads can never be seen as dull and boring. From seafood to mixed beans, with or without dressing and opting for tossed or not, salads are in fact a very popular dish…
Fizz & Simple Food for Diwali
It’s that time of year again! It may be getting colder outdoors and a tendency to lean towards winter comforts, yet with that comes a calendar full of celebrations. Homes are open to friends and relatives once more and each to their own. Here, we’ve gone for simplicity to cater for numbers small and large,…
Does Fish pair well with Sparkling Wine?
Wine with dinner is indeed a great pleasure and something that we can now indulge more into that our choice of wines in recent years has increased, options to purchase improved and prices remain quite flexible to accommodate all budgets. Fish is seen as a great dish to pair with wines and especially those which…
The Best Wines for Curry – Rosé Sparkling Wine
Wine presents itself as a wonderful pairing for nearly all dishes globally from meats to cheeses, desserts to salads. It comes in many styles to include still and sparkling as well colours from white to dark red mostly though the likes of blue, orange, brown and more will be seen. You can also select your…
A Mindful Meal with a Sparkling Red!
Coming out of the pandemic, most of us may feel like we’re in need of a break. I certainly do. By a break, I mean just a few days away from whatever is now normal for us. A chance conversation with one of my best friends led to my staying at her place for a…
Speedy Supper with ‘Anytime’ Sparkling Wine
Have you ever had one of those days where whatever was planned didn’t work out, but led to what you probably should have been up to anyway? I’d forfeited a day to the coast for an online training session, but a rare occurrence of not being able to get into it. Simultaneously, a family member…
Schlumberger and Bean Salad
One early morning Schlumberger awoke to some bad news, Mother Dame Durden was running low on coins, soon she would be unable to support herself and her dearest Schlumberger, so under strict instruction, Schlumberger was told to take their dear companion Milky-White the cow down to the market and sell her for some coins. Upon…
Fizz with Fresh Home Grown Produce & a Touch of Nostalgia!
It’s that time of the year where we’re reaping the harvest at home and lots of green in the garden. My mum was talking me through what we had (I’ve paid a little less attention this year) and much of the crop reminded me of mum’s ratatouille when we were kids, before we even knew…
Love Yourself Love SLOVEnia
Whenever the word ‘love’ is mentioned, especially in conversations regarding wine, then I think about Slovenia. Why? Well it is the only country with ‘love’ within it’s name (Slovenia) and also that I have spent many wonderful hours in Slovenia touring vineyards and discovering amazing flavours that are well hidden and deserve global recognition with…