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Adventures in wine and cheese – the lands of ice and snø
For this month’s adventures Ben heads north to Denmark, Sweden and Norway. We’d arrived in a country whose Nordic angles had been softened by a blanket of pristine snow. Blue-white...
Ben Colvill
Thursday 29 January 2026
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Matching wine with Asian food, part 4 – floral/fragrant and citric
Richard Hemming MW
Thursday 11 December 2025
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Part three of an eight-part series on how to pair wine with Asian flavours, adapted from Richard’s book. Click for...
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Kicking off a new monthly column, Ben introduces us to the dark arts of wine and cheese pairing. Above, Langres...
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Part two of an eight-part series on how to pair wine with Asian flavours, adapted from Richard’s book. For part...
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The first instalment of an eight-part series adapting Richard’s book on how to pair wine with Asian flavours.
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Tam goes on a wine-and-food-pairing spree for English Wine Week. While reviewing dozens of English wines, now exported around the...
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What to drink with artichokes, asparagus, chilli and chocolate. A slightly shorter version of this is published by the Financial...
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Natasha Hughes MW reviews Richard Hemming MW's candid guide to the complex maze of matching wine with a wide variety...
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Tam takes Wines of Ukraine's 'just one bottle' campaign and runs with it, creating six nights of incredible excuses to...
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6 February 2025 A surprising match made in heaven – republished, free for all, in our Throwback Thursday series. 8...
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Once upon a time, Sam, Tam and Tara thought it would be fun to put together a pie-pairing guide...
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The power of bitterness in the complex polyphony of Georgian cuisine.
‘putin Xuilo’* it said on the high, rusty metal...
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Sherry Week began last Monday. Nick had hoped to celebrate it at the launch of a new book about this...
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Lesson learnt when judging the UK finals of the Copa Jerez sherry-and-food-pairing competition: the kids are alright, and sherry is...
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From seafood to beef, cheese to vegetables, Albariño can match just about any food – it just depends on the...
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In this entry to our 2024 wine writing competition, wine enthusiast Michelle Ryan writes about an unforgettable food-and-wine-pairing moment. See...
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A pairing that proves that sparkling wine can match just about anything – and a tip on a tool that...
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