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It’s pie season! Some mouth-watering ideas for pies and what to drink with them in time for Thanksgiving and all the festive occasions to follow. Tam writes We’re adding more...
Tamlyn Currin
Saturday 22 November 2025
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Matching wine with Asian food, part 3 – aromatic flavours
Richard Hemming MW
Thursday 13 November 2025
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Adventures in wine and cheese – Langres and fizz
Ben Colvill
Tuesday 4 November 2025
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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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Another meal and another lesson: how much more slowly top quality Mosel Riesling ages than top quality red bordeaux. At...
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New recruits to purple pages may not be aware of the ghost of coincidence that regularly stalks members’ forum (and...
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Here in the sweltering Languedoc I am labouring away at my desk nourished by birdsong and the knowledge that Chef...
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