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The Best Wine And Steak Pairings
Pairings for Each Cut
The cliché is that steaks call for big, bold red wines. But choosing the perfect wine pairing really comes down to the cut of the steak and your preparation. Let’s assume to start that you’re firing up the...
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It’s Not Easy Being Green
Pairings for Spring Vegetables
Spring. Glorious spring. Begone the remnants of frost and the shackles of cold, as we welcome the sunshine, warmth, and fresh produce back into our homes and stomachs. Leaves on trees, gardens of blooming...
Rethinking Sauternes
Pairing Food with Bordeaux's Classic Sweet Wine
Sweet wines like Sauternes have arguably never been more misunderstood than they are today. Unfortunately, we’ve been programmed to think of Sauternes as a dessert wine. At restaurants, sweet wines are often...
Oysters at The Clam
Pairings for High acid, Unoaked Whites
In my wine classes I often point out that acidity is the wine lover’s friend. A wine with crisp acidity pairs with many more foods than a lower acid wine because so many foods also contain an acid component....
Risky Business
Pairing High Risk Food with Low Risk Wine
I was in Chicago recently to teach a WSET Level 1 course in which we talked a lot about how and why wine and food go together. The idea of the eight food pairings we explore during the class is to give some...
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