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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 5 – sweet/savoury and umami
Richard Hemming MW
Thursday 22 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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Last week's Copa Jerez food and sherry matching competition was a revelation in how versatile Andalucía's most underrated wine is...
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On Tuesday I had the huge pleasure of being one of five judges of Copa Jerez, a biennial competition in...
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This article by Matt Day is the fourth in an irregular season of features written by previous winners of the...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. As one who has experienced both...
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By Paul O'Doherty. See this complete guide to 2010 book reviews. Daring Pairings
A Master Sommelier Matches Distinctive Wines with...
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Those of us in Britain are experiencing the most prolonged period of snow and ice that many of us can...
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Cher Lim writes: Chinese desserts have never been famous as the best companions for wine, especially those made from traditional...
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Author of the oldest continuous Chinese-language wine column in the world, Poh Tiong Chng of Singapore, was at last week's...
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Purple pager Evan Goldstein is at it again, applying his Master Sommelier skills and deep knowledge of wine and food...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Why and how does wine make...
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The admirable Tim Hanni MW of the Napa Valley has been rattling our cages recently – not least by building...
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Purple pagers will be familiar with food and wine writer Fiona Beckett, who often makes particularly useful contributions to our...
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As an end-of-week folderol, allow me to share a couple of particularly successful food and wine matchings I’ve encountered recently...
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We have great pleasure in publishing a summary of Dutchman Peter Klosse’s revolutionary approach to matching wine and food, based...
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See related thread in Members' forum On Monday, Heston Blumenthal unveiled some brand new research into sherry and food-matching. His...
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