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Cheat Sheet: Asian Food and Wine Pairing

When it comes to Asian cuisine, the more aroma and flavor a dish has, the quicker it gets wipe out on the dinner table. Even in our households we try to bring out the complex flavors of every meal. Most families will tell you they have an army of chili paste, ginger, hoisin sauce and a myriad of herbs and spices to whip up the heartiest meal. With such robust flavors in every dish, we certainly need to take a revisit on the old adage of wine pairing, which is to pair “white wine with white meat, and red wine...

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An afternoon with the legendary Telmo Rodriguez

In November we got to meet the legendary winemaker Telmo Rodriguez! We had a taste of  range of wines and was blown away by the Gazur 2017 series. However, our biggest surprise of the afternoon was something else completely unexpected.. find out what it is below! As to the bottle we were completely blown away by - It is the Sierras De Malaga Mountain Blanco 2014. We were surprised by the uniqueness of Mountain Blanco. Notes of pineapple and a burst of fruity and complex flavours (hints of bay leaf). Telmo Rodriguez himself explained to us that it was never...

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Types of Sparkling Wine: Bubbling Goodness

It’s a hot, sunny afternoon and you can’t decide if you should pop open that apple Cider you bought last night or have that Antiguas Reservas Chardonnay that was delivered by us today… You wanna drink both but is physically impossible. Well… What if I told you that you can have BOTH in a drink? Introducing the best of both worlds - sparkling wines! Speaking of bubbly… How does a wine pretend to look like soda but still taste like wine? Sparkling wines go through two fermentation processes & it’s the second one that gives it its bubbly character. This...

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