Not-so-dry January: pairing wine and healthy food

[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] January – synonymous with detoxing and sobriety. Christmas is a time for indulging in great food and wine, with higher alcohol consumption an inevitable byproduct of the seasonal festivities. Whilst many people choose to go dry in January, for many health-related or lifestyle reasons, there are…

Crab fried rice (matched with 2014 Chateau la Moutete, Grand Reserve Rose) by Helen Graves @FoodStories

[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] I’ve long been of the opinion that crab is the tastiest creature to walk the earth and seabed (sideways). So yes, it’s my favourite food but even if it were not, I’d still recognise that it’s far tastier than lobster, and much cheaper as a bonus.…

What wine to drink with pizza? by Kerstin Rodgers @MsMarmitelover

[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”]   A thick new red book, virtually an encyclopaedia of pizza, has just been published called Where to Eat Pizza (Phaidon), by American author Daniel Young. Pizza is probably the most popular fast food around the world. It’s almost one of the most profitable as the ingredients are…

Sweet Biscuit Recipes for Dipping in Wines by Kerstin Rodgers aka @MsMarmiteLover

[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] Long ago, bakers discovered that if you bake something twice – bi (two) cuit (cooked) – it becomes crunchy and lasts longer, hence ‘biscuits’. One of the earliest biscuits is the Ship’s Biscuit, or hard tack as it’s often known. These would be cooked four times…

Meet the Producers: Casas del Bosque, Casablanca Valley Chile

[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] With the introduction of yet another Casas del Bosque listing to the WineTrust range – their excellent Chardonnay Reserva 2013 – we thought it timely to do a blog on this rising star of the Chilean wine industry. Where it all began… Tucked between the Andes and Pacific Ocean…