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Best Wine Pairings for Grilled Chicken: A Practical Guide for Spring 2026

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Grilled chicken is one of the most wine-friendly proteins you can cook. It takes on marinades, rubs, and sauces effortlessly, which means the right bottle depends less on the chicken itself and more on how you season it.

Spring 2026 is the perfect time to move your cooking outdoors and rethink what you pour alongside it. Here’s a direct, no-nonsense guide to matching wine with grilled chicken, covering whites, rosés, and the one red that actually works.

Easter Wine Pairings: The Best Wines for Your Spring Feast

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Easter Sunday falls on 5 April this year, and with it comes one of the most rewarding food-and-wine tables of the calendar. The spread is rich and varied, from slow-roasted lamb to glazed ham, tender spring vegetables, fresh seafood, and sweet treats like hot cross buns. Each dish deserves a thoughtful pairing. Here is how to match wines to every course of your Easter feast.

Roast Lamb

Lamb is the centrepiece of many Easter tables, and it is a gift to red wine lovers. The meat’s savoury, slightly gamy character works beautifully with medium- to full-bodied reds that carry good structure and earthy depth.

How to Pair Wine with Food: The Complete Beginner's Guide

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Wine pairing has a reputation for being complicated and pretentious. It doesn’t have to be. The core principles are intuitive, the “rules” are more like guidelines, and the only pairing that truly matters is the one you enjoy.

That said, the right wine can genuinely transform a meal, and the wrong one can clash badly enough to ruin both the food and the wine. Understanding a few fundamentals will make you better at this than 90% of people, and it takes about five minutes.