Hake with butter beans and piquillo peppers and oaked white Bordeaux Hake with butterbeans cooked Spanish-style is the sort of dish that could as easily pair with a red wine as a white - but here an oaked white is the star

This is the sort of fish dish that would work with a red wine but an oaked white is probably in more people's comfort zone. #matchoftheweek www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o...

Cashew parfait with apple and apple Kombucha When it comes to a drink pairing the texture of a dish and what it looks like can be more important than what it’s made from as this vegan starter proves

Alcohol-free drinks can be as successful pairing as wine as this week's #matchoftheweek proves www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o...

Rotisserie chicken and Mencia If you’re cooking chicken on a rotisserie will it have an impact on your wine pairing? Chances are it’ll taste different from your standard roast chicken

A wine for rotisserie chicken that would also be good for Boxing Day www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

Smoked salmon and sparkling Vouvray Many people think champagne is the automatic go-to pairing for smoked salmon but it’s worth experimenting with other wines like these two I tried this week

I've never been entirely convinced about smoked salmon and champagne and both these alternative pairings were better, maybe down to the smoke or cure www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

Tarte Tatin and Barsac The principle that the way you cook a dish will influence the wine match applies as much to desserts as it does to meat or fish as this pairing proves.

Food and wine pairings are not absolute - they depend, as in this instance, on how the dish is cooked and how old the wine is. www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

You don't have to be eating Japanese food to drink sake. Here are a couple of pairings you might well not have thought of www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

Crab dumpling with a Citrus and Espelette cocktail Citrus and crab is a tried and tested pairing but maybe you don’t always have it in cocktail form? If not you should!?

Now that snacks are becoming a regular part of eating out maybe we should start pairing drinks with them, especially cocktails. Here's one combination that was spot on www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

Duck and amontillado sherry A spectacular pairing menu which shows that it doesn’t matter whether a dish comes from Spain or Malaysia - it can work with sherry wines

Even sherry fans might question whether an amontillado would go with duck. Turns out it's a doozy #matchoftheweek www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o...

Chicken liver paté with qvevri-aged amber wine You might expect a qvevri aged wine to go with typically Georgian food - and it does - but here’s a classic appetiser that works just as well.

Ironically my #matchoftheweek from my trip to Georgia last week was not typically Georgian though it did involve a Georgian wine www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o...

Mushroom pasta and sake You might think when it comes to food and wine pairing that wine is the perfect drink with pasta but this pairing proves that sake can do the job too.

Pasta always goes with wine, surely? Not necessarily. #matchoftheweek www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o...

Australian icon reds and Chinese food You might think aromatic white wines like riesling are the best pairings for Chinese food but there are many dishes that could take a full-bodied red.

You might not think of pairing full-bodied Aussie reds with Chinese food but you should! www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

Wood roasted meat and a smoky island whisky You might automatically think of drinking red wine with roast meat but in fact whisky works surprisingly well when it’s cooked over an open fire

When whisky is as good a pairing as wine. (And it's not with cheese or chocolate) www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

Pasta with salsiccia and Brunello If you’re wondering what t pair with a great red like Brunello di Montalcino you might be surprised there’s such a simple answer!

Would you serve a fine wine like Brunello with the pasta course? Maybe you should ... www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

Artichokes are a notoriously tricky ingredient to match but here's a wine that kicks them into touch www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

If you're idly scrolling before your Bank Holiday barbecue you might fancy giving this pairing a try #matchoftheweek www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o...

If you're enjoying a kebab there are other options to drink than a lager... www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

Lamb, courgettes, fennel and cider Medium sweet cider might not be the first drink you’d think of pairing with lamb but get the accompanying vegetables right and it’s a brilliant match

The ingredients that made this lamb dish a cider match rather than a red wine pairing .... www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

Would you drink wine with a fry up? Let alone a fizzy red. Well give it a try cos it works ... www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

Fried oysters with harissa and a Virgin Mary A Bloody Mary - or alcohol-free Virgin Mary - is a spicy tomato-based drink but does that mean it won’t go with oysters with a spicy harissa dressing?

Champagne and Guinness aren't the only pairing for oysters as this week's #matchoftheweek demonstrates www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o...

It absolutely does but everyone knows that! My #matchoftheweek feature is all about the unexpected!

Pork and chicken pie and English sparkling rosé What to pair with a pork pie? A pale ale or a glass of cider you might think but there’s a surprising alternative which would be perfect for a posh picnic

What would you drink with a pork pie? Most probably beer or cider but I’ve found a posh alternative which is equally delicious www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

Pomerol and gravy Often the sauce is as much a key to the best wine pairing as the base ingredient - in this particular case it was all about the sauce or, rather, gravy.

Would you - should you - choose your wine on the basis of your gravy? In the case of Town's I'd say yes, 💯 www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

Tea isn't generally considered the obvious go to in a fine dining restaurant but it is at Ikoyi www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

Cold roast beef and a light Loire red If you automatically think full-bodied red when you’re eating roast beef - think again. It depends how rare it is and at what temperature it’s served.

Roast beef doesn't have to be accompanied by a full-bodied red www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

Smoked trout and char with horseradish and Gemischter Satz Vienna’s iconic field blend gemischter satz can be a serious wine as this pairing with a single vineyard bottling from Weingut Weininger demonstrates..

A great wine pairing from my trip to Berlin last week www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

Milk chocolate délice with miso caramel ice cream and a 1987 Georgian dessert wine Chocolate generally goes well with fortified wine but this exceptional award-winning Georgian dessert wine takes the pairing to a totally different level.

An absolutely spellbinding Georgian fortified wine at the heart of my #matchoftheweek this week www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o...

Nagaland’s smoked pork curry—made with axone, lomba & bitter eggplant—is smoky, punchy, and deeply umami.

Pair it with Montes Carménère (a grape once lost in Bordeaux, revived in Chile) and you’ve got a bold, unexpected match.

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Reposting as apparently the link didn't work. Sorry!) Another couple of winning pairings with Beaujolais which has to be one of the most versatile restaurant wines www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

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