Example Pairings and Menus

Below are some examples of some great food and wine pairings.
Please call us and we can discuss how we can come to you to teach you about how to best pair food and wine.

Some Simple Examples of Foods and Wines that Work Well Together

Grilled Goats Cheese Salad - Loire Valley Sauvignon Blanc
Smoked Salmon – Champagne
                                                Grilled Chicken/Salmon with a Creamy Mushroom & Tarragon Sauce - Australian Chardonnay
Roast Duck/ Tuna/ Veal Plain Grilled Salmon/Oysters - Burgundy/New Zealand Pinot Noir/ Oaked Chardonnay
                                                                  Thai Curry/Spicy Foods - Alsace Riesling or Gewürztraminer
                Chicken/Lamb Rogan Gosh/Indian Curries – Brouilly / Fleurie Beaujolais. Alsace Riesling/Gewurztraminer
  Roast Leg of Lamb -  Cabernet Sauvignon  Bordeaux
  Pan Fried Foie Gras - Sauternes Bordeaux/ Muscat Australia
Grilled T/Bone Steak/Steak Fiorentina - Tuscan Sangiovese
  Chilli Con Carne - Zinfandel/New World Pinot Noir

Understanding How to Match Food and wine.

The principles of matching food and wine are in practice quite simple. With a little bit of knowledge you can become fairly confident matching food and wine in a relatively short time.

If you like Gin and Tonic you are more likely to enjoy a Sauvignon Blanc or if you prefer sweeter drinks such as Vodka or Jack Daniels and Coke you may find some Chardonnay’s or Fruitier wine styles with less Acidity more to your liking.