Matching Wine With Food. Pairings, UK & World Wine Reviews

Food & Wine is my passion – and luckily also my job.

Add to this my love of great rugby – and the idea for a Food & Wine pairing website was born over a pint of Guinness for some and a glass of Argentinian Malbec for me at Twickenham. If you’ve ever wondered about what wine you should – or even better – could! – pair with various foods – then Love Wine Food will give you with a wide range of suggestions from around the World to tempt and experiment with.

If you’ve bought some pheasant and no idea what wine to drink with it – or you’ve been given a heavenly bottle of Barbaresco and want to find the best recipe to show it off – you’ve come to the right place! If you’d like to get in touch , I’d love to hear from you! Do take a look at our range of Wine Tours for 2026 And my book Watercress, Willow & Wine, a celebration of recipes and wines from English vineyards is now released and available to order now.

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Travelling the Wine World. Author of Watercress, Willow & Wine. Shortlisted for Fortnum & Mason Awards

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Oct 26

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What a lunch during the @dartmouthfoodfestival at the @seahorse.restaurant . Guest Chefs @jonathanwoolway from @theshedsa1 and @james_ferguson_78 from @kinneucharinn cooked up a storm.

Scallop with sobrasada, laverbread &vermouth
John Dory with cockles, cider & culatello.
Patridge with white pudding & braised cabbage.
Baked Custard with welsh cakes.

All totally delicious but still dreaming of both the Scallop starter and the welsh cakes to finish!

A reviving glass of The Troubles with Dreams from the ever brilliant @sugruesouthdowns to kick it all off, followed by an old favourite that was able to chat happily with such a variety of flavours, Vorberg Pinot Bianco from @cantinaterlano . Great service too from George, drafted in from his own Cornish restaurant @fourboys.cafe

Great fun! Now have another three restaurants on the mist visit for lunch list in Swansea, Kilconquhar and Rock!
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What a lunch during the @dartmouthfoodfestival at the @seahorse.restaurant . Guest Chefs @jonathanwoolway from @theshedsa1 and @james_ferguson_78 from @kinneucharinn cooked up a storm.

Scallop with sobrasada, laverbread &vermouth
John Dory with cockles, cider & culatello.
Patridge with white pudding & braised cabbage.
Baked Custard with welsh cakes.

All totally delicious but still dreaming of both the Scallop starter and the welsh cakes to finish!

A reviving glass of The Troubles with Dreams from the ever brilliant @sugruesouthdowns to kick it all off, followed by an old favourite that was able to chat happily with such a variety of flavours, Vorberg Pinot Bianco from @cantinaterlano . Great service too from George, drafted in from his own Cornish restaurant @fourboys.cafe

Great fun! Now have another three restaurants on the mist visit for lunch list in Swansea, Kilconquhar and Rock!
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#outforlunch #lovewinefood #chefcollaboration #dartmouth #foodieheaven #scalloplover #laverbread #dff2025 @astrumwines
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Oct 25

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Was v excited to meet this Canine Super Celebrity today at the @dartmouthfoodfestival .

I had promised Wilf a bacon sarnie to make up for the outrageous bath he suffered yesterday at the hands of @felicitycloake ,

So courtesy of a brilliant bacon butty from @jennykooskitchen , bread ignored, bacon eagerly devoured to help forget the indignity of that bath!! Super Wilf!!
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#dogheaven #caninecelebrity #lovewinefood #baconbutty #dff2025

Was v excited to meet this Canine Super Celebrity today at the @dartmouthfoodfestival .

I had promised Wilf a bacon sarnie to make up for the outrageous bath he suffered yesterday at the hands of @felicitycloake ,

So courtesy of a brilliant bacon butty from @jennykooskitchen , bread ignored, bacon eagerly devoured to help forget the indignity of that bath!! Super Wilf!!
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Oct 23

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Off to the fabulous Dartmouth Food Festival - Stand 16 in the Market Square this Saturday & Sunday .

Pop along to see me,where I'll be signing copies of my book - Watercress, Willow & Wine, a celebration of English Wine with matching recipes.

Special festival price available this weekend only, so it's an ideal chance to pick up a few copies for your wine and food loving friends. (Tick a few names off that festive gift list!)

Also be chatting about 2026 tours including Devon & Dorset staying on a vineyard!
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#watercresswillowandwine #dff2025 #lovewinefood #Dartmouth #earlychristmasshopping #giftforwinelovers #giftforfoodies #dartmouthfoodfestival #Devon #Dorset #englishwinetour @whitefox_publishing

Off to the fabulous Dartmouth Food Festival - Stand 16 in the Market Square this Saturday & Sunday .

Pop along to see me,where I`ll be signing copies of my book - Watercress, Willow & Wine, a celebration of English Wine with matching recipes.

Special festival price available this weekend only, so it`s an ideal chance to pick up a few copies for your wine and food loving friends. (Tick a few names off that festive gift list!)

Also be chatting about 2026 tours including Devon & Dorset staying on a vineyard!
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#watercresswillowandwine #dff2025 #lovewinefood #Dartmouth #earlychristmasshopping #giftforwinelovers #giftforfoodies #dartmouthfoodfestival #Devon #Dorset #englishwinetour @whitefox_publishing ...

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Oct 22

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Packing ready for Dartmouth Food Festiva this weekendl, where Love Wine Food has a stand, plus I'm hosting a Drinks Seminar featuring selection of fab wines from the South West.

Hope to see you there - I will be signing copies of my book, Watercress Willow & Wine - Stand 16 in the Market Square!
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#dff2025 #watercresswillowandwine #lovewinefood #Dartmouth #englishwine #southwestgems #offtothecoast

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Oct 22

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After a sunny week in Umbria (complete with beautiful misty mornings, rather a shock to the system to come back to full blown Autumn here in rainy Hampshire.

So time to dust off my favourite silver soup spoon (just one, not a set, picked up at a market years ago), which i love for its weight and texture.

Broccoli & Stilton soup from my fab local Deli @madeleineskitchen , and chance to taste this years new season Tuscan EVOO. Punchy notes of pepper paired with fresh grassy hints, the greenest depth of colour, poured into a gorgeous ceramic gift from @blandbadger

Love all the seasons but especially Autumn!
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#seasonality #notjustwine #lovewinefood #olionuovo #newseasonoliveoil #evoo

After a sunny week in Umbria (complete with beautiful misty mornings, rather a shock to the system to come back to full blown Autumn here in rainy Hampshire.

So time to dust off my favourite silver soup spoon (just one, not a set, picked up at a market years ago), which i love for its weight and texture.

Broccoli & Stilton soup from my fab local Deli @madeleineskitchen , and chance to taste this years new season Tuscan EVOO. Punchy notes of pepper paired with fresh grassy hints, the greenest depth of colour, poured into a gorgeous ceramic gift from @blandbadger

Love all the seasons but especially Autumn!
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Oct 19

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Home.
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#turin #happyplace @caffetorino1903

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Oct 18

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Farewell Umbria.
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Oct 18

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Will miss this view from my bedroom in Umbria. Thank you, @blandbadger, for a lovely week.
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Oct 16

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Leisurely lunch in Castiglione del Lago at @angolo.del.buongustaio . Well selected wine list, so went v local with a Grechetto from Colli del Trasimeno. Crisp minerality and enough character to pair with a platter of local charcuterie including an incredible lardo from Cinta Senese pigs (yes, seconds were ordered!) as well as the unusually named palle del nonno salami from Norcia!
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#trysomethingdifferent #lovewinefood #salami #grechetto

Leisurely lunch in Castiglione del Lago at @angolo.del.buongustaio . Well selected wine list, so went v local with a Grechetto from Colli del Trasimeno. Crisp minerality and enough character to pair with a platter of local charcuterie including an incredible lardo from Cinta Senese pigs (yes, seconds were ordered!) as well as the unusually named palle del nonno salami from Norcia!
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Oct 16

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Peaceful walk through pretty Castiglione dal Lago today.
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#loveasleepytown #awayfromthecrowds #lovewinefood

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Oct 16

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Mooching around Cortona this morning
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#lovewinefood #tuscansun #flaneur

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Oct 16

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Lake Trasimeno
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#lagoditrasimeno #lovewinefood

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Oct 16

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Cooking with fire at @villa_pia in Umbria
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Oct 14

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Informative and fascinating afternoon chat with food photographer @charlottebland during my stay at @villa_pia in Umbria.

The above are no reflection on Charlotte's brilliant evocative phography & amazing talent, her images that just draw you in, but only a couple of snaps i took to play around with natural light and shadows. But left wanting to do more.....
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Informative and fascinating afternoon chat with food photographer @charlottebland during my stay at @villa_pia in Umbria.

The above are no reflection on Charlotte`s brilliant evocative phography & amazing talent, her images that just draw you in, but only a couple of snaps i took to play around with natural light and shadows. But left wanting to do more.....
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Oct 14

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Wonderful fun cooking with in house Chef at @villa_pia making fresh pasta and more! Some became tagliatelle amatriciana, the other half as ravioli stuffed with spinach & ricotta (amazingly uniform! ) tossed in aromatic burro e salvia.

Small pillows of gnochetti were costed in an Umbrian truffle sauce and to end with dangerously moorish deep fried ricotta balls, containing sultanas soaked in Vin Santo.
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#notjustwine #italiancookingclass #umbria #lovewinefood #umbrianfood

Wonderful fun cooking with in house Chef at @villa_pia making fresh pasta and more! Some became tagliatelle amatriciana, the other half as ravioli stuffed with spinach & ricotta (amazingly uniform! ) tossed in aromatic burro e salvia.

Small pillows of gnochetti were costed in an Umbrian truffle sauce and to end with dangerously moorish deep fried ricotta balls, containing sultanas soaked in Vin Santo.
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Oct 11

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Today's Room with a view, overlooking the rolling hills of Umbria at @villa_pia
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#umbria #roomwithaview #lovewinefood

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Oct 11

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En route to Umbria for the week, called into Arezzo for lunch at @bucadisanfrancesco . First truffles for me of the season, both white & black, as well as some delicious fried porcini. Paired with a glass of Pinot Noir from @poderedellacivettaja , a lovely autumnal lunch!
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Oct 11

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Later that same flight, such beautiful clouds.
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#magical #clouds #cloudbank

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Oct 11

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Back in the Clouds again. En route to Umbria.
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Oct 3

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Today feels that Autumn has truly started. So to cheer a slightly stressy Friday, cooked these delicious stuffed squash for lunch. Could not resist these cute small squashes in Petersfield Market this week, so combined with a pre festive freezer clear out, had some minced lamb to use up - result!

Roast whole at 200 fan for 35 mins (till skewer goes in easily). Remove and allow to cool enough to touch. Reduce oven to 170 fan.

Chop white part of leek and fry in olive oil till soft. Add range of warming spices. I used cumin, sumac, cinnamon, paprika about half teaspoon each ( for about 250gms lamb), but tweak to taste.
Add in grated garlic, and the lamb plus squeeze of tomato puree and three chopped prunes. Fry for about 7 mins, stirring often. Add chopped fresh mint leaves at the end. Add splash of water if needed.

Slice top off baby squashes. Scrap out seeds. Remove rest of soft cooked flesh and add to lamb. Smush in well.

Fill empty squash shells with lamb mixture and return to oven for 12 to 15 mins.

Serve topped with natural kefir or greek yoghurt, sprinkle of smashed nuts (used almonds as could not find the pistachios!).

Matched with a cheeky glass of Pinot Noir (well, it is Friday) from @mtdifficulty - delicious!
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#fridaylunch #workingfromhome #lovewinefood #autumnfood #supportindependent #pinotnoir #squashrecipes #plussideofwfh

Today feels that Autumn has truly started. So to cheer a slightly stressy Friday, cooked these delicious stuffed squash for lunch. Could not resist these cute small squashes in Petersfield Market this week, so combined with a pre festive freezer clear out, had some minced lamb to use up - result!

Roast whole at 200 fan for 35 mins (till skewer goes in easily). Remove and allow to cool enough to touch. Reduce oven to 170 fan.

Chop white part of leek and fry in olive oil till soft. Add range of warming spices. I used cumin, sumac, cinnamon, paprika about half teaspoon each ( for about 250gms lamb), but tweak to taste.
Add in grated garlic, and the lamb plus squeeze of tomato puree and three chopped prunes. Fry for about 7 mins, stirring often. Add chopped fresh mint leaves at the end. Add splash of water if needed.

Slice top off baby squashes. Scrap out seeds. Remove rest of soft cooked flesh and add to lamb. Smush in well.

Fill empty squash shells with lamb mixture and return to oven for 12 to 15 mins.

Serve topped with natural kefir or greek yoghurt, sprinkle of smashed nuts (used almonds as could not find the pistachios!).

Matched with a cheeky glass of Pinot Noir (well, it is Friday) from @mtdifficulty - delicious!
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Oct 2

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Fabulous lunch pre theatre at Doppo in Soho at the weekend (tad late posting!), everything just heavenly.

One of those menus it is so hard to choose from as would have happily eaten everything! Leeks with romesco & hazelnuts was great combo of textures. Tagliatelle con ragu bianco - exquisite, but so was the forkful that I stole from PJ's pappadelle with ragu of Yorkshire longhorn beef.

Perhaps even more than the food was the outstanding service, which made a brilliant lunch even better.

As for the wine list. Oh wow!! The kind of list I enjoy reading for pure pleasure!! Incredible extensive selection, well balanced with classics and quirky (and the dessert wines choice by the glass brilliant!).
I could happily lunch here every day of the week for the next 6 months and still find vinous gens to order! Settled on an old favourite, Barbaresco Rabaja from Bruno Rocca. Such elegance, so ethereal - drinking wines like this reminds me how good life can be.

If you are planning a jaunt to London, make sure you book a table - but maybe don't plan too much for the afternoon!
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Fabulous lunch pre theatre at Doppo in Soho at the weekend (tad late posting!), everything just heavenly.

One of those menus it is so hard to choose from as would have happily eaten everything! Leeks with romesco & hazelnuts was great combo of textures. Tagliatelle con ragu bianco - exquisite, but so was the forkful that I stole from PJ`s pappadelle with ragu of Yorkshire longhorn beef.

Perhaps even more than the food was the outstanding service, which made a brilliant lunch even better.

As for the wine list. Oh wow!! The kind of list I enjoy reading for pure pleasure!! Incredible extensive selection, well balanced with classics and quirky (and the dessert wines choice by the glass brilliant!).
I could happily lunch here every day of the week for the next 6 months and still find vinous gens to order! Settled on an old favourite, Barbaresco Rabaja from Bruno Rocca. Such elegance, so ethereal - drinking wines like this reminds me how good life can be.

If you are planning a jaunt to London, make sure you book a table - but maybe don`t plan too much for the afternoon!
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Sep 22

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Mooching around Burano. Heaven
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#lagoonlife #venicelagoon #burano

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Sep 22

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Venice Lagoon
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#happyplace

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Sep 22

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Heaven is lunching at the Gatto Nero on Burano, in the Venetian Lagoon. So, am on Cloud Ten as enjoyed lunch there twice this weekend. Utterly bliss.
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#happytobeback #happyhappyplace #realfoodrealpeople #venicelagoon #bliss

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Sep 22

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Watching the regatta storica on Burano
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#venicelagoon #voga #traditions #boatraces

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Sep 20

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Venice lagoon.
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#happyplace

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Sep 17

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Lake Bled with clouds but still beautiful
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#Slovenia #notjustwine #lovewinefood

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Sep 13

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Working remotely between tours.

Came for the peace & quiet. But oh the views!
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#slovenia @ifeelslovenia

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Sep 12

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Woke up to this glorious view this morning
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#ifeelslovenia💚 #Slovenia #restandreset #lovewinefood

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Sep 8

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Today's Room with A View!

Rovinj, Croatia
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Aug 31

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Sunday lunch in Zagreb.

Absolutely love it when meet young people in hospitality who are so knowledgeable about their menu, and especially the wine list.

Waiting for my hotel room to be ready, so headed to @podzidom_bistro for lunch.

Fabulous selection of wines by the glass, plus v tempting longer list inc Coravin options.

Kicked off with Posip from @winery_rizman in the Dalmatia region, lovely freshness from this local white variety, great foil for vitello tonnato (albeit a poshed up version, with the tonnato aerated to be cloud like light!)

To compare, Riesling from the vineyards in Plesivia from @semberwinery . Lovely texture.

Main course was rich but delicious ragu of slow cooked lamb, with parmesan gnocchi, and covered in a nod to healthiness, blackened kale. For this, my brilliant waiter suggested another wine by Rizman, their Primus , from local Plavac Mali variety. Racy acidity which balanced the rich lamb v well.

Dessert (well room still not ready at hotel!), a deconstructed raspberry cheesecake, which just an excuse to enjoy a glass of Yellow Muscat from @winery_stampar , sweet but refreshingly so.

Attentive but unfussy service, great wines, excellent way to start our time in Croatia!!
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Sunday lunch in Zagreb.

Absolutely love it when meet young people in hospitality who are so knowledgeable about their menu, and especially the wine list.

Waiting for my hotel room to be ready, so headed to @podzidom_bistro for lunch.

Fabulous selection of wines by the glass, plus v tempting longer list inc Coravin options.

Kicked off with Posip from @winery_rizman in the Dalmatia region, lovely freshness from this local white variety, great foil for vitello tonnato (albeit a poshed up version, with the tonnato aerated to be cloud like light!)

To compare, Riesling from the vineyards in Plesivia from @semberwinery . Lovely texture.

Main course was rich but delicious ragu of slow cooked lamb, with parmesan gnocchi, and covered in a nod to healthiness, blackened kale. For this, my brilliant waiter suggested another wine by Rizman, their Primus , from local Plavac Mali variety. Racy acidity which balanced the rich lamb v well.

Dessert (well room still not ready at hotel!), a deconstructed raspberry cheesecake, which just an excuse to enjoy a glass of Yellow Muscat from @winery_stampar , sweet but refreshingly so.

Attentive but unfussy service, great wines, excellent way to start our time in Croatia!!
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Aug 31

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Essential Sunday morning market shopping.

Wine flask and truffle graters!
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#sundymorning #zagreb #ontouragain

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Aug 31

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Back in the clouds.

Start of the Autumn wine tours.
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#lovewinefood #loveyourjob #winetours #privatewinetour

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Aug 27

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Love Wine Food HQ busy this week with final details of a private wine tour to Slovenia, Friuli & Croatia next week. So decided last night to open this really rather delicious bittle of Ribolla Gialla to get into the Friuli mood!
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#winetour #ribollagialla #friuli #lovewinefood #privatewinetour #cantinapuiatti #italianwhitewine #winewithattitude @cantinapuiatti

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Aug 25

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Good for the soul.
#vitaminsea

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Aug 23

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Took on the monumental task of clearing out the "stuff" cupboard, and to my delight found five magnums of wine that had totally forgotten squirrelled away!

One appeared to have slightly dodgy cork, so decided to open to see state of the wine, so took home to Cheltenham to share with family.

A gift when last visiting the Ribera del Duero estate, Condado de Haza, their Grand Reserva Alenza 2003 vintage. Given the vintage was super hot, lots of water issues - in magnum this had aged beautifully, Did not show any alcohol burn, everything in balance for a wine of its age. The ripe black cherry notes had mellowed into unfurling tertiary aromas, dried thyme and leather.

A delight to drink and share with family!
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#wine #winereview #riberadelduero #spanishwine #lovewinefood #tempranillo #patiencerewarded #wineinmagnum #alenza #condadodehaza @familiafernandezrivera

Took on the monumental task of clearing out the "stuff" cupboard, and to my delight found five magnums of wine that had totally forgotten squirrelled away!

One appeared to have slightly dodgy cork, so decided to open to see state of the wine, so took home to Cheltenham to share with family.

A gift when last visiting the Ribera del Duero estate, Condado de Haza, their Grand Reserva Alenza 2003 vintage. Given the vintage was super hot, lots of water issues - in magnum this had aged beautifully, Did not show any alcohol burn, everything in balance for a wine of its age. The ripe black cherry notes had mellowed into unfurling tertiary aromas, dried thyme and leather.

A delight to drink and share with family!
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Delighted to finally visit Domaine Evremond in Kent. A joint venture between Champagne Taittinger and their UK importers, Hatch Mansfield. A blustery vineyard walk, which showed the necessity for tree wind breaks, before a welcome glass of their Classic Cuvée V1, served v stylishly from a land-rover!

Hearing all about the history of how this partnership came about, and the years of investment, not just financial but planning, planting, patience, understanding the vineyards, working with local farmers, all v interesting.

Fascinating to see the deep cellars, very unusual in the UK, and exciting to see several next editions of this delicious wine resting quietly!
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#wine #englishsparkling #kentwinetour #lovewinefood #englishfizz #winetravel #stylish @domaineevremond @hatchmansfield @champagnetaittinger @winegardenofengland

Delighted to finally visit Domaine Evremond in Kent. A joint venture between Champagne Taittinger and their UK importers, Hatch Mansfield. A blustery vineyard walk, which showed the necessity for tree wind breaks, before a welcome glass of their Classic Cuvée V1, served v stylishly from a land-rover!

Hearing all about the history of how this partnership came about, and the years of investment, not just financial but planning, planting, patience, understanding the vineyards, working with local farmers, all v interesting.

Fascinating to see the deep cellars, very unusual in the UK, and exciting to see several next editions of this delicious wine resting quietly!
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#wine #englishsparkling #kentwinetour #lovewinefood #englishfizz #winetravel #stylish @domaineevremond @hatchmansfield @champagnetaittinger @winegardenofengland ...

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A spectacular visit to Simpsons wine estate on the North Downs in Kent to kick start our LWF wine tour this week. In a beautiful, quintessentially English village, a stroll through to their vineyards, with buzzards circling overhead ( handily protecting the vineyard!), to hear about their viticuktural practices.
Into the cellars to meet some seriously interesting pieces of kit (frost fans et elia)

Onto the tasting for a reviving glass of Chalklands Classic Cuvée , before their utterly charming Sparkling Rosé.
Flint fields Blanc de Noir, delicious.
Continued with a duo of still Chardonnay, the Gravel Castle balanced and very drinkable but oh the complexity of the Q Class Chardy 2020 from magnum. I could tell you they made only 8 barrels or that it's from a specific Burgundy Clone, but forget all that, just simply go and buy a magnum right now! Absolutely glorious wine.

Finishing up with a long term favourite of their still Railway Hill Rosé , before two Pinot Noirs, the vibrant Rabbit Hole 2023 and ending on Q class Pinot Noir -such a treat!

A wonderful visit & wines, and even for the brave , exiting the tasting room via the fabulously bonkers Helter Skelter!
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#wine #englishwine #winetour #winetravel #lovewinefood #chardonnay #greatwaytostart #kentwine @simpsonswine @winegardenofengland @winegb

A spectacular visit to Simpsons wine estate on the North Downs in Kent to kick start our LWF wine tour this week. In a beautiful, quintessentially English village, a stroll through to their vineyards, with buzzards circling overhead ( handily protecting the vineyard!), to hear about their viticuktural practices.
Into the cellars to meet some seriously interesting pieces of kit (frost fans et elia)

Onto the tasting for a reviving glass of Chalklands Classic Cuvée , before their utterly charming Sparkling Rosé.
Flint fields Blanc de Noir, delicious.
Continued with a duo of still Chardonnay, the Gravel Castle balanced and very drinkable but oh the complexity of the Q Class Chardy 2020 from magnum. I could tell you they made only 8 barrels or that it`s from a specific Burgundy Clone, but forget all that, just simply go and buy a magnum right now! Absolutely glorious wine.

Finishing up with a long term favourite of their still Railway Hill Rosé , before two Pinot Noirs, the vibrant Rabbit Hole 2023 and ending on Q class Pinot Noir -such a treat!

A wonderful visit & wines, and even for the brave , exiting the tasting room via the fabulously bonkers Helter Skelter!
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#wine #englishwine #winetour #winetravel #lovewinefood #chardonnay #greatwaytostart #kentwine @simpsonswine @winegardenofengland @winegb ...

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Aug 4

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Mooching around in Canterbury
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#pretour #Kent

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