Match wine with food
Opinion wavers on clear rights and wrongs when it comes to food and wine matching, but certain flavours bring out the best in each other. Use our guide as a rule of thumb, but most of all, enjoy the wine you drink.
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Beef - roast or stew
Go for a medium or full bodied Cabernet Sauvignon.
Chicken - roast or casserole
Chardonnay is an ideal match for roast chicken (and turkey), or if you'd prefer a red, try a Merlot. If the casserole sauce is creamy, try Colombard.
Curry - light, fresh
Curries can be hard to match, depending on their spices and flavours. A chicken korma or Thai green curry goes well with a young 'New World' Riesling.
Curry - spicy
A dry Gewürztraminer is your best bet with spicier curries or baltis.
Fruit - tarts and puddings
Fruit tarts - think appley tart tatin or a clafoutis - go best with sweet Muscat and Gewürztraminer wines.
Lasagne
Wines made from the Barbera grape go really well with tomato-based dishes, in fact, many dishes from the Northern Italian regions.
Mushrooms
Mushroom dishes, especially vegetarian main courses, go well with Tempranillo. Or, if sautéed field mushrooms are on the menu, you could try a Zinfandel.
Shellfish
Albariño is the wine for the simplest freshest shellfish, especially prawns and langoustines; as well as raw oysters, mussels and clams (vongole).
