Category: Food & Wine

How to match Champagne with food – Lunch & Learn 4

You might be reading this while tucking into an al-desko sandwich, but don’t let that stop you contemplating more luxurious fare. For day four of our Lunch & Learn series, Wine School’s Barbara Drew explores the potential of Champagne as a superb food wine. When most people hear the word Champagne they think of canapés […]

Taking the temperature of London’s restaurant scene

Damian Carrington, Commercial Director of Fields, Morris & Verdin our wholesale arm (and a man with his finger firmly on the pulse of the restaurant scene), brings us up to speed on the latest, hottest openings in the capital. The London Restaurant scene shows no signs of over-heating as we move into the autumn of […]

The rules of food and wine matching (part one)

In our new series, food writer Susie Carter takes a look at which wines pair most successfully with some of our favourite foods. She begins by taking us through the key principles of food and wine pairing. When I first started studying food and wine pairing I thought it was going to be easy. As […]

Taste the difference: English sparkling wine

English wines are enjoying a wonderful summer – not just out in the vineyards, but also when it comes to their increasingly celebrated reputation for quality. Stephanie Barlow, a Wine Advisor who recently hosted a sell-out tasting of Southern Belles in our Warehouse Shop, explores their many and varied charms. The profusion of fantastic farmers’ […]