"MatchingFoodAndWine" news and stories

The UK's Telegraph has begun a five part 'Wine Week'. Not sure if this is one part every day or if it is spread over five weeks... still it matters little. Online today is an intro to the world's most favoured drink with some general food and wine guidelines. Highlights include the usual roll out of advice -

the lighter the dish, the lighter the wine should be, and the heavier the dish, the heavier the wine.

you CAN serve red wine with fish - but guys it is all down to the sauce generally

And why stick to dry Champagne? A rich or demi-sec Champagne is sublime with strawberry tart or sorbet. And at weddings, it's daft that we're always served the driest of sparkling wines with the cake. Why not the delightful sweeter version?

This part concludes with a simple list of food and wine pairings and some 'dubunking myths' writing including the advice that the The Tower of London will NOT fall down if you pass the port to the right. Who the bloody hell even passes port these days?

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