Place: Sangiovese

Place: Sangiovese

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Wine List: How to match food and wine

With the Weekend Magazine focusing on food this week I thought I’d offer a few thoughts on food and wine matching.

Wine

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Wine

The word ‘organic’ has become almost magical, adding a sheen of quality and purity to just about everything. A good winemaker who goes organic should see an improvement in their wine quality but only if they were talented in the first place. Organic vineyards make up less than 3% of the world’s vineyards (Europe has around 8%, Austria can boast 15%) but this figure is growing. Yields will drop by at least 20% (and costs increase proportionally) but grape quality should definitely go up.

Italian wines getting better and better

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Italian wines getting better and better

I’m revisiting Italy for the first time in a while this week with a selection of recommended wines that have not appeared here before.

All of this week’s wines will benefit from some short- to medium-term ageing

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All of this week’s wines will benefit from some short- to medium-term ageing

Italian wines from less well known regions and a mix of old favourites and new finds

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Italian wines from less well known regions and a mix of old favourites and new finds

Wine: Ciu Ciu Piceno, Bacchus 2013, Italy — €11.99 - €13.25

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Wine: Ciu Ciu Piceno, Bacchus 2013, Italy — €11.99 - €13.25

Chateau Maris Old School Rouge, Minervois, France — €14.99

APRIL is Real Wine Month which focuses on minimal intervention “natural” wines and also low intervention organic and biodynamic wines.

Sun, 13 Apr, 2014

Borie de Maurel Cuvée Luna 2012

Borie de Maurel Cuvée Luna 2012

DON’T FRET, you still have time to get wine for Christmas and perhaps pick up a wine-related present for the wine-enthusiast in your life.

Sun, 22 Dec, 2013