The grape outdoors

Article Abstract:

The right choice of wine that could turn barbecue into a sizzler, tested by professional tasters for two sorts of food like relatively light chicken dishes to richer red-meat dishes married best with the food is presented. Overall, the wines scored fairly highly but the richer styles from warm climates such as South Africa, Spain, Southern France and Chile were praised for their food-matching abilities with South African white wine scoring top ranking complementing the lighter dishes well and in the richer-food category red, Marks & Spencer Old Vines Grenache Noir scored highest with cheapest rate.

France, Chile, Spain, Methods, Dinners and dining, Dining, Varieties, Wine tasting

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Dessert wines and mince pies

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A group of wine experts tasted 26 dessert wines and around half of the wines achieved respectable scores. The top wine was Seppelt Rutherglen Show Muscat at 7.93 pounds sterling from Oddbins, followed by Lindemans Coonawarra Botrytis Riesling 1996 at 5.99 pounds sterling. A range of standard and luxury style mince pies were tested to determine the best value. 11 out of 14 pies received poor marks, and the luxury pies were not rate better than standard ones. The top marks for taste were given to pies made by a home economist, using a recipe from Delia Smith's Winter Collection.

Pies

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Cork's out for summer

Article Abstract:

Three sauvignon blancs and one red received the highest rating among screwcapped wines. Screwcaps are less trouble-prone than corks, but are not very popular with consumers, who associate them with low-quality wine.

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