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. Lover of Piemonte. Cheese makes me happy! Author of Watercress, Willow & Wine.

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The Apalta Valley in Chile is stunningly beautiful, so kick started our wine tour visits there this week at Vina Neyen, who started in 1890. Incredibly picturesque with the Adobe building nestled in an ampitheatre of hills.

A stroll through the 136 year old vines, gnarled & twisted but still producing great fruit.

Fascinating tour of the sensorial garden, with spearmint, apple mint and the native Chilean boldo plant.

A welcome glass of Chardonnay from their sister estate of Veramonte, their organic Chardy 25, understated on the nose but crisp and lively in the glass, from the Casablanca Valley.

Two vintages of flagship wine Neyen , the name meaning spirit in the Mapuche language.

2020 and 2019 in direct comparison. Both appealing from old vine Carmenere and Cabernet Sauvignon, but the 2020 was the star, showing rich, ripe dark cherries, blueberries , with touch of cocoa , a beautiful purity of fruit and elegance. A great visit
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The Apalta Valley in Chile is stunningly beautiful, so kick started our wine tour visits there this week at Vina Neyen, who started in 1890. Incredibly picturesque with the Adobe building nestled in an ampitheatre of hills.

A stroll through the 136 year old vines, gnarled & twisted but still producing great fruit.

Fascinating tour of the sensorial garden, with spearmint, apple mint and the native Chilean boldo plant.

A welcome glass of Chardonnay from their sister estate of Veramonte, their organic Chardy 25, understated on the nose but crisp and lively in the glass, from the Casablanca Valley.

Two vintages of flagship wine Neyen , the name meaning spirit in the Mapuche language.

2020 and 2019 in direct comparison. Both appealing from old vine Carmenere and Cabernet Sauvignon, but the 2020 was the star, showing rich, ripe dark cherries, blueberries , with touch of cocoa , a beautiful purity of fruit and elegance. A great visit
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Nov 10

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And that is only part of the breakfast buffet!!
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Nov 10

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Ossobuco of Sturgeon-who knew that was a thing?!

Well, I do now after delicious lunch at @migueltorrescl ,served with olives, capers, plus spinach risotto & bisque sauce. Fabulous both texture and taste.

Perfect lunch after an amazing tasting at first stop on our Chilean wine tour for members of a London Wine Club. Worked equally welll with their Cordillera Sauv Blanc & Cordillera Chardonnay.
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Ossobuco of Sturgeon-who knew that was a thing?!

Well, I do now after delicious lunch at @migueltorrescl ,served with olives, capers, plus spinach risotto & bisque sauce. Fabulous both texture and taste.

Perfect lunch after an amazing tasting at first stop on our Chilean wine tour for members of a London Wine Club. Worked equally welll with their Cordillera Sauv Blanc & Cordillera Chardonnay.
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Nov 10

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Truly awesome first visit on the Chilean stage of our South American Wine Tour at Miguel Torres in Curico.

Concrete eggs, an impressive number of Stockinger barrels, fascinating calicata to see the alluviall soil and hosted by the erudite & charming Head winemaker, Eduardo Jordan.

Cordillera Chardonnay from Limari, ripe papaya fruit, but with trademark Limari salinity, superb balance.

Almada Blend of old vines of Malbec, Carignan, Carmenere & Touriga Nacional from their regenerative vineyards in Maule.

Los Inquietos 01 Field Blend , star wine of tasting for me , malbec dominant, with other traditional varieties inc Romano. Had linear verve, purity of fruit, bursting with energy.

Flagship Manso de Velasco, Cabernet Sauvignon always a treat to enjoy it's silky, smooth tannins, spicy notes, hint of dried bay leaves. A Chilean icon for a reason!

What a start to the tour!
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Truly awesome first visit on the Chilean stage of our South American Wine Tour at Miguel Torres in Curico.

Concrete eggs, an impressive number of Stockinger barrels, fascinating calicata to see the alluviall soil and hosted by the erudite & charming Head winemaker, Eduardo Jordan.

Cordillera Chardonnay from Limari, ripe papaya fruit, but with trademark Limari salinity, superb balance.

Almada Blend of old vines of Malbec, Carignan, Carmenere & Touriga Nacional from their regenerative vineyards in Maule.

Los Inquietos 01 Field Blend , star wine of tasting for me , malbec dominant, with other traditional varieties inc Romano. Had linear verve, purity of fruit, bursting with energy.

Flagship Manso de Velasco, Cabernet Sauvignon always a treat to enjoy it`s silky, smooth tannins, spicy notes, hint of dried bay leaves. A Chilean icon for a reason!

What a start to the tour!
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Nov 9

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Long way from Rueda! But fab to taste this expression of white grape variety, Verdejo grown in higher vineyards of Chile's Maipo region (Andes) by @vinaelprincipal

First planting of this variety in the country. Hence the name Kine, meaning first in Mapuche language.

Appealing citrus on nose, and follows through into savoury, herbal notes such as sage & cekery with discreet mineral finish..
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Long way from Rueda! But fab to taste this expression of white grape variety, Verdejo grown in higher vineyards of Chile`s Maipo region (Andes) by @vinaelprincipal

First planting of this variety in the country. Hence the name Kine, meaning first in Mapuche language.

Appealing citrus on nose, and follows through into savoury, herbal notes such as sage & cekery with discreet mineral finish..
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#trysomethingdifferent #chileanwinetour @drinkchile

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Nov 7

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There are worse ways to wait for your hotel room to be ready!! Lunch at @ritzcarltonsantiago starting with delectable morcilla croquettas. Crunch filled with soft black pudding, on bed of pear sauce. A glass (or two) of Pinot Noir Las Pizarras from @errazurizwines was very happy match. From the coastal Aconcagua region, with high percentage of slate in the vineyards, giving a tense minerality, as well as structure. Lovely red cherries on nose underpinned by some spice.

Good to be back in Chile.
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#chileanwine #lovewinefood @drinkchile

There are worse ways to wait for your hotel room to be ready!! Lunch at @ritzcarltonsantiago starting with delectable morcilla croquettas. Crunch filled with soft black pudding, on bed of pear sauce. A glass (or two) of Pinot Noir Las Pizarras from @errazurizwines was very happy match. From the coastal Aconcagua region, with high percentage of slate in the vineyards, giving a tense minerality, as well as structure. Lovely red cherries on nose underpinned by some spice.

Good to be back in Chile.
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#chileanwine #lovewinefood @drinkchile

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Nov 6

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Fabulous views flying into Santiago de Chile this morning ahead of our South American Wine tour.
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Oct 22

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View from our hotel on Piemonte Wine Tour this morning. Simply stunning @villadamelia
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#Piemonte #notjustwine

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Oct 17

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Some iof the delicious food enjoyed on our wine tour this week for a private group of clients in Piemonte.
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#winetour #notjustwine #piemonte

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Oct 17

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Market mooch in Turin.
Persimmon, cartoons, porcini mushrooms and the slightly strange (but delicious) mini raw beef made up as cakes for afternoon tea!
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#marketstroll #foodmarket

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Oct 17

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Oct 17

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Challenging start to the white truffle season in Piemonte due to the lack of rain. They are out there but fewer so far, but still plenty of black truffles as Mirka found!
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Oct 10

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Am packing for two weeks in Piemonte, but this just popped up on my memories. Truffles with @giuliothetrufflehunter in Tuscany on tour two years ago. Great fun and delicious pasta!
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#truffles #pastawithtruffles #packingagain

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Sep 27

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This mornings swim at @comocordeillanbages before start of hosting this weeks wine tour in Bordeaux.
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#winetour #bordeauxwine #swimisgoodformentalhealth

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Sep 27

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Back in the skies again. Flying over the English South Coast, heading to France.
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#offontouragain #winetour #intheskies

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Sep 26

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Super exciting to watch the grapes coming in this week during our visit to @abingworthvineyard in Sussex!

Write up of these impressive wines over on my substack shortly.
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#harvesttime #sussexwine #englishwinetour

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Sep 26

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High contender for dish of the tour this week in Sussex (vote yet to be completed!!).

Grouse, endive, blackberries, hazelnuts with smoked bacon jus. Wow, perfrct Autumn flavour combo -thanks to Chef at @theblackhorse_pub
In Amberley
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#winetour #sussexwine #autumnfood

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Sep 24

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Hard working vineyard chickens!
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Sep 24

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Sign outside my hotel room.

Quintessentially English!! @amberleycastlesussex
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Sep 24

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These two beauties to kick start our LWF Autumn wine tours in Sussex with an overview intro tasting of England's wine regions.

Essex showing what amazing quality and complexity is possible with both Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from @danburyridgewine
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#winetours #englishwine #essexwine

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Sep 20

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Meanwhile, over on Substack, tales of being on board a spectacular sailing ship.

https://lovewinefood.substack.com/p/running-away-to-sea-on-a-windjammer
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#winecruise #seacloud #sailingandwine

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Sep 17

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WFH lunch. Bought bunch of carrots at local market yesterday, simply due to the frondy tops!

Made sort of pesto / gremolata of them with lots of lemon zest & garlic.

Warmed some lentils, added shavings of the actual carrots, tossed with punchy wasabi dressing. Topped with Serrano ham, barrel aged feta and the carrot top whatever it identifies as.

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#wfhlunch #lentils #reducefoodwaste

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Aug 31

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After so many days of heat, a glorious early morning blustery walk on the beach.
Ever changing skies.
All shades from silver grey to sailors blue.
Clouds of all formations from Elijah rays to Winnie the Pooh rain clouds.
Happy horses in the surf.
Dogs of all size and varying obedience chasing sticks.
Kite surfing, wind surfers.
Just a few happy people enjoying being blown around, soaking up the Vitamin Sea before the Bank Holiday mass arrive.
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#haylingisland #bythesea

After so many days of heat, a glorious early morning blustery walk on the beach.
Ever changing skies.
All shades from silver grey to sailors blue.
Clouds of all formations from Elijah rays to Winnie the Pooh rain clouds.
Happy horses in the surf.
Dogs of all size and varying obedience chasing sticks.
Kite surfing, wind surfers.
Just a few happy people enjoying being blown around, soaking up the Vitamin Sea before the Bank Holiday mass arrive.
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#haylingisland #bythesea

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Aug 27

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Watertaxi across the lagoon from Burano.
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#sad #leavingmyhappyplace #endofthehols

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Aug 26

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Burano.

Lunch.

With glass or two of @ortovenezia of course
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#endofthehols #lagoonwines #venetianislands

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Aug 26

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Seems even Nessie goes on holidays in August!

She's swapped Loch Ness for the Venetian Lagoon.
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#lagoonlife #lochnessmonster #burano

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Aug 25

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So very sad to leave the Sea Cloud II this morning after a heavenly, relaxing time on board, sailing from Venice along the Croatian Coast.

But made some great new friends, with much laughter along the way, not to mention being incredibly well looked after by the fabulous crew. Add in delicious food and irresistible evening cocktails. Early mornings on deck watching the sunrise. Bliss.

Was utter heaven to be back on board Sea Cloud again. Roll on next time (exciting new tour on the horizon!).
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So very sad to leave the Sea Cloud II this morning after a heavenly, relaxing time on board, sailing from Venice along the Croatian Coast.

But made some great new friends, with much laughter along the way, not to mention being incredibly well looked after by the fabulous crew. Add in delicious food and irresistible evening cocktails. Early mornings on deck watching the sunrise. Bliss.

Was utter heaven to be back on board Sea Cloud again. Roll on next time (exciting new tour on the horizon!).
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#winecruise #sailingship #bodyandsoulrecharge
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Aug 24

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Beautiful Rovinj.
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#holidays #croatia

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Aug 24

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Dreamy sunset on board.
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@seacloudcruises

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Aug 22

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Sun reflections on the Sea.
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#nofilter #naturalbeauty #relaxing @seacloudcruises

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Aug 21

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Korcula.
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#holidaytime #Croatia #prettyplaces @seacloudcruises

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Aug 20

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Many aspects of life on board a sailing ship are wonderful, but none more so than being up on deck for sunrise. The swiftly ever changing colours of the sky. This morning over Hvar, more muted shades. But mug of Earl Grey in hand, just a sole crew member up & about on deck besides me. Listening to the water lapping against the hull whilst the ship is at anchor in this beautiful Croatian bay.

Peace. Serenity. Calm.

That is the true meaning of luxury.
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#metime #downtime #rechargingmysoul
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Many aspects of life on board a sailing ship are wonderful, but none more so than being up on deck for sunrise. The swiftly ever changing colours of the sky. This morning over Hvar, more muted shades. But mug of Earl Grey in hand, just a sole crew member up & about on deck besides me. Listening to the water lapping against the hull whilst the ship is at anchor in this beautiful Croatian bay.

Peace. Serenity. Calm.

That is the true meaning of luxury.
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#metime #downtime #rechargingmysoul
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Aug 19

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Arrived in Croatia, so time for a glass of Posip!
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#trysomethingdifferent #croatiawine @seacloudcruises

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Aug 19

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Todays remote working office for Love Wine Food Ltd!
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#lifeonboard #digitalnomad @seacloudcruises

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Aug 18

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Best part of the day on board
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#aloneondeck @seacloudcruises #seacloudII

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Aug 17

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Up early in Venice to see the arrival of our home for the next week.
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#sailingship #seacloudII #worththeearlystart
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Aug 14

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Truly excited to have been invited to appear on the brilliant podcast - Wine Blast with Susie & Peter.

Discussing all aspects of wine tourism - with some fascinating region recommendations and why you should make friends with your spittoon!

Amongst many vineyard regions, Peter gives a shout out for Sherry (where LWF returning to in January) and Susie has a love for Tasmania (a LWF Feb 2028 tour).

Released today to those signed up for the Plus Subscription or available from Monday on general release on all podcast apps.

https://susieandpeter.com/wine-blast-podcast/
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Truly excited to have been invited to appear on the brilliant podcast - Wine Blast with Susie & Peter.

Discussing all aspects of wine tourism - with some fascinating region recommendations and why you should make friends with your spittoon!

Amongst many vineyard regions, Peter gives a shout out for Sherry (where LWF returning to in January) and Susie has a love for Tasmania (a LWF Feb 2028 tour).

Released today to those signed up for the Plus Subscription or available from Monday on general release on all podcast apps.

https://susieandpeter.com/wine-blast-podcast/
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#winetourism #winetravel #winepodcast @susieandpeter

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Aug 13

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Over on Substack, new post - Holiday Reading, Pinot Noirs and discovering Pickle juice!

https://lovewinefood.substack.com/p/holiday-anticipation

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Aug 9

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Anarchy in the South Downs indeed! Opened a bottle last night of "Never mind the Gamay" from the brilliant @sugruesouthdowns

Their Pinot Meunier grapes from Kent were so super ripe in 2025, that they made a still red wine with the fruit (whole bunch fermented).

Added to that a splash of Gamay grapes from their Alpaca Block in the South Downs.

Result? Well I served it slightly chilled, and it was GLORIOUS!! Crunch of cranberries & redcurrant, LOTS of mouthwatering juicy red fruits, with touch of spice right at the end. I often drink chilled light bodied Loire reds in the summer. And this is an awesome alternative in a similar estival style. So pleased to see England producing these delectable still reds. Bravo to Dermot & Ana!

Only 3000 bottles produced, so get your paws on some soon! Know I'll be placing another order as that bottle disappeared rather nicely! Enjoyed with a relaxed Saturday supper at home of lamb & mint burgers, topped with homemade tzatziki (heavy on the garlic) & griddled halloumi.
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Anarchy in the South Downs indeed! Opened a bottle last night of "Never mind the Gamay" from the brilliant @sugruesouthdowns

Their Pinot Meunier grapes from Kent were so super ripe in 2025, that they made a still red wine with the fruit (whole bunch fermented).

Added to that a splash of Gamay grapes from their Alpaca Block in the South Downs.

Result? Well I served it slightly chilled, and it was GLORIOUS!! Crunch of cranberries & redcurrant, LOTS of mouthwatering juicy red fruits, with touch of spice right at the end. I often drink chilled light bodied Loire reds in the summer. And this is an awesome alternative in a similar estival style. So pleased to see England producing these delectable still reds. Bravo to Dermot & Ana!

Only 3000 bottles produced, so get your paws on some soon! Know I`ll be placing another order as that bottle disappeared rather nicely! Enjoyed with a relaxed Saturday supper at home of lamb & mint burgers, topped with homemade tzatziki (heavy on the garlic) & griddled halloumi.
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#englishredwine #gamay #anarchyenglishstyle
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Aug 4

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Having one's beautiful niece over for supper, so ransacked the wine rack for something to extend her wine education, and as she had never tried Lebanese wine, it had to be a bottle of classic Chateau Musar.

2004 vintage (as seen by the dusty bottle!!) , so was delightful to see it's evolution. Lots of tertiary aromas of dried fruit, leather and garrigue. Truly lovely to share a mature bottle of Musar.

Even more so as was enjoyed with a tomahawk steak from our local butcher, @morganstfbutchers - cooked perfectly by PJ, hovering somewhere between blue & rare. Served with queen black beans from @boldbeanco , roasted @iowtomatoes and finished with a vivid homemade salsa verde (heavy on the mustard & RW vinegar). Wonderful!
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#lebanesewine #tomahawksteak #enjoyingfoodwithpeopleyoulove

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Having one`s beautiful niece over for supper, so ransacked the wine rack for something to extend her wine education, and as she had never tried Lebanese wine, it had to be a bottle of classic Chateau Musar.

2004 vintage (as seen by the dusty bottle!!) , so was delightful to see it`s evolution. Lots of tertiary aromas of dried fruit, leather and garrigue. Truly lovely to share a mature bottle of Musar.

Even more so as was enjoyed with a tomahawk steak from our local butcher, @morganstfbutchers - cooked perfectly by PJ, hovering somewhere between blue & rare. Served with queen black beans from @boldbeanco , roasted @iowtomatoes and finished with a vivid homemade salsa verde (heavy on the mustard & RW vinegar). Wonderful!
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#lebanesewine #tomahawksteak #enjoyingfoodwithpeopleyoulove

@chateaumusarlebanon

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