Food Pairings
Japan: The Land of the Rising Sparkling Wines
You would be forgiven for initially thinking about technology when someone mentions Japan, but this 3,000 km long island also has many other talents to share with the world. ” Japan is made up of a total of 6,852 islands and currently holds a population of 126.8 million” For lovers of cuisine, the word that…
Pear Salad and Rosé Sparkling Wine
As quoted by Wikipedia, ‘Salad is any of a wide variety of dishes including: green salads; vegetable salads; salads of pasta, legumes, or grains; mixed salads incorporating meat, poultry, or seafood; and fruit salads. They often include vegetables and/or fruits.‘ From an easy to put together light dish at home to those costing £100’s if…
Pairing Champagne with Traditional Chinese Cuisine
For many of us, we will be familiar with and certainly fans of well known Chinese dishes such as Peking duck, chicken chow mein, sweet and sour chicken and egg fried rice. Much of what we see in restaurants and takeaways will cater for what is described as westernised Chinese food, ie the cuisine that…
How To Make Fizz Fruit Skewers
If you are looking for a new and exciting party food, then this should definitely be a contender, a Fizz Fruit Skewer, easy to make and fun to eat. Sparkling Wine First and foremost, you need to pick a bottle of Sparkling Wine, I’ve gone for a bottle of Cantina Rotaliana R Trentodoc Extra Brut…
Champagne with Steak & Chips
The Champagne Based in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, France, Champagne Paul Launois is run by Julien Launois, an entrepreneurial winemaker. The winery operates on 6.5 hectares over 19 plots of vineyards. The company is currently named after Julien’s son, Paul Launois. Julien Launois also offers a very unique ‘Single Barrel’ opportunity, where you can buy your very…
Italy’s Finest – Spaghetti Bolognese & Cartizze
When you think of Italy’s signature dish, you either think of Pizza or Pasta, I’ve made a delicious and easy to make at home Spaghetti Bolognese and paired it with two Award Winning Cartizze’s from Italy. What is Cartizze? Cartizze is basically the Grand Cru of Prosecco, a Cartizze is still a Prosecco but it…
A Touch of Cornish
During my university years I used to live in Devon and next to the popular, and thanks to Fawlty Towers, now world famous English Riviera town of Torquay. Where my teenage years were spent was a bedroom sat just a few hundred metres away from the beaches in Paignton and nearly 200 miles west of…
Enjoy Low Alcohol Sparkling Wines This Christmas From Tesco
Christmas is very close by and you may not want to celebrate the day with a lot of alcohol, but you can still enjoy the fizzy taste with much lower alcohol content, less than 0.5% to be more precise. Tesco has two Low Alcohol Sparkling Wines from Spain to enjoy this Christmas and the crazy…
The best wine for your Turkey Dinner
To be honest, if you have a nice wine on your table, whatever the style and you are blessed to be enjoying a nice turkey dinner then what more can you ask for? Though, if we really want to take things that bit further and have time and a small budget to select a perfect…