Posts Tagged ‘food pairing’
Simply Cook Food Pairings With Sparkling Wine
Cooking can be a great form of art, it can be a way to display passion or release stress, it’s a joy to those with a creative mind, those who are willing to experiment and try. If you’re wishing to go beyond the everyday meals of pizza, burgers and fish fingers, the simple (delicious) foods…
Read MoreCline Nancy’s Cuvée – With Tuna Soufflé
As you enter Sonoma county from the south on California 121, one of the first wineries you encounter is Cline Cellars, and there could hardly be a better introduction to the Carneros AVA. Even as a young teenager, Fred Cline learned to make wine from his grandfather, Valeriano Jacuzzi (yes, he of the hydrotherapy tub, as…
Read MoreMovie Night – Bubbly Edition
It’s Movie Night and whether you’re doing it with friends, a boyfriend or girlfriend, or your beloved family, it’s time to do it right, so pop open a bottle of Prosecco and lay out a gorgeous, scrumptious, and scrumdiddlyumptious display of chocolate treats, brownies, cookies, some dipping pots of melted chocolate, with marshmallows, shortbread, smarties…
Read MoreCroatian Cuisine with Sparkling Wine
With a phenomenal Mediterranean coastline, Croatia has a long history of utilizing seafood in Cuisine, and we’re going to be enjoying something they would have and still do enjoy in plentiful amounts, the Mussel, pairing it with one of Croatia’s own Sparkling Wine producers, who have created the Josipović Time label. The Mussel, found within…
Read MoreCraft Chocolate and Sparkling Wine
When it comes to pairing wine with food, or in this case chocolate with sparkling wine, the first -unwritten- rule would be: there are no rules, if you like it, you have it then your way. The second sort of rule would be: “what grows together goes together”. Now, this does not apply to chocolate…
Read MoreSparkling Wines – From Seafood To Steak – The Perfect Food Wines
Sparkling wines are so much more than aperitif wines, don’t keep them just for the toast at a wedding. They are versatile food wines, pairing beautifully with some of our favourite dishes. When I heard the President of Champagne Salon & Delamotte, at a Decanter event many years ago, say he always had Champagne with…
Read MoreCanadian Dessert – Nanaimo and Sparkling Wine
We’ve been exploring the wonderful food creations of Canada and we came across this little bite-sized dessert called ‘Nanaimo’. Nanaimo bars are a rich, easy, no-bake dessert made up of three glorious layers: chocolate; vanilla custard; graham crackers, walnuts and coconut. The delicious Canadian Dessert wouldn’t be complete on Glass of Bubbly without having an…
Read MoreFarm Cheeses with Champagne
When searching for your next slice of cheese, there is nothing better than exploring the local, or now distant, farm shops, thanks to the innovation of the cheese industry up and down the country, local cheeses can be delivered across the British Empire, so why not take advantage of it all and experience the wonderful…
Read MoreMuffins and Prosecco
Freshly baked, fluffy, sweet, delicious – these are all the words that will come to mind later on when we enjoy some divine Muffins, and better yet, we get to pair them with a bottle of Prosecco. These gorgeous muffins look as good as they taste and they are available for only £1.75 per set…
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