Food Pairings
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…
Badagoni and BBQ
It’s BBQ season, it’s time to roll out your BBQs and start cooking some burgers, sausages and chicken, in this article we will be pairing chicken wings, simply barbecued and with sauces with a couple of bottles of Georgian Sparkling Wine from the winery of Badagoni. While the fire gets going, let’s pop over to…
Tuna and Vintage Slovenian Sparkling Wine
You sit down at a table and a glorious vintage of Slovenian Sparkling Wine is placed by your side, the waiter takes of the foil and removes the cork with a little hiss, the perfect sound when opening a bottle of fizz, the waiter says with compliments of the house, we’d like you to pair…
How Does Ice Cream Pair With Sparkling Wine?
Do you remember those times where you’re at the beach and your mum or dad asks you if you want ice cream, your eyes lit up with excitement craving that sweet cold creamy milky taste, whether you went for a whippy or were asked the question you would always spend too long thinking about even…
The Perfect Seafood & Fizz Pairing
If you’re in the market for the finest selection of seafood, from salmon to caviar then you’re in for a real treat, Petrossian has provided us with the finest selection of sea treats, including the finest piece of Red Beet Salmon I’ve ever enjoyed, Russian Red King Crab and Pike Roe, with this outstanding array,…
Champagne and Caviar
A pairing fit for royalty, although the image of Champagne and Caviar can come at a high price, it was mainly royalty who used to enjoy Caviar, back in the middle ages only the rich and powerful would delight in the delicious sea treat, it later became so overly collected that a huge shortage came…
Arunda Brut Nature – Gastronomy Silver – Sea Bass, Lemon & Herbs
You will find Arunda (Sektkellerei) Winery far up in the northern part of Italy within the wine growing region of Trentino-Alto Adige region and what’s more, this fine sparkling wine producer is acknowledged as being the Highest in Europe (1,200m). “The 1,200 meters of altitude of Meltina were ideal for the refining of sparkling wines……
Roast Beef and Red Sparkling Wine
British Roast Beef and Red Sparkling Wine from Slovenia, two great countries with a lot to offer. Slovenia has a lot of Sparkling Wine producers who turn out some amazing Sparkling Wines from reds, whites, rosé’s and some must-try vintages, but how many of you have tried Slovenian Sparkling Wine, you wouldn’t necessarily find it…
Scampi and Fizz
The delicacies of the ocean once again have made their way to the dinner plate, this time we’re pairing Scampi with a Spring Fling Sparkling Wine from Slovenia. What is Scampi? To put it simply, it is a lobster, it goes by different names, Dublin Bay Prawn, Norway Lobster, Scampi and its official name Nephrops…