27 articles
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What to drink with Easter lamb?
Published : 04/08/2022 | Categories : Food and Wine PairingsLamb is a fine meat with a spicy taste. It's a meat with character, less strong than mutton but more powerful than beef. It requires wines that can support its relatively powerful taste. [...]
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The ideal Valentine's Day duo: chocolate and wine!
Published : 02/09/2022 | Categories : Food and Wine PairingsWine aromas: empyreumatiques, chocolate The oenological term empyreumatique comes from the ancient Greek empureuma, the ember from pur, heat, fire. This word characterizes the aromas of roasting [...]
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Special Easter food and wine pairings!
Published : 03/24/2021 | Categories : Food and Wine PairingsThe Easter meal is inextricably linked with lamb and eggs. The presence of eggs harks back to an ancient tradition that associates eggs, symbols of birth, with Easter. Eggs, long forbidden [...]
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What to drink with pancakes
Published : 01/28/2020 | Categories : Food and Wine PairingsA 5,000-year-old recipe Pancakes, or more precisely galettes, are a very old invention. They are thought to have originated over 5,000 years ago! They are found in many countries, and all that's [...]
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What to drink with raclette
Published : 01/15/2020 | Categories : Food and Wine PairingsThe history of raclette Raclette is a dish that originated in Switzerland. The eponymous cheese from which it takes its name originated in the Valais mountains in the Middle Ages. Although the [...]
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What to drink with a Yule log?
Published : 12/06/2019 | Categories : Food and Wine PairingsA little history The European custom of burning a log of white wood, often from a fruit tree, in the hearth dates back to the 12th century. Libations were made by sprinkling the log with oil, [...]
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Wine and food pairing in restaurants
Published : 05/02/2019 | Categories : Food and Wine PairingsFor some time now, many restaurants have been offering wine and food pairing menus to avoid the need to order several bottles of wine, and to ensure a perfect match from starter to dessert. [...]
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What to drink with a Savoyard fondue?
Published : 01/29/2019 | Categories : Food and Wine PairingsA dish for sharing par excellence, Savoyard fondue doesn't need the excuse of the end of a day's skiing to be tasted. Savoyard fondue, a convivial dish for all occasions Whether with family or [...]