Pairings | Rioja reserva

The best food pairings for rioja

Posted on September 22 2020 at 06:02

Rioja - and by that I mean red rioja - is one of the UK's best-loved wines and one of the easiest ones to match with food too.

Which wine to pair with a Moroccan tagine?

Posted on July 30 2022 at 06:24

While summer isn’t a time one feels drawn to hearty stews Moroccan tagines are a different matter. Exotic and aromatic, they somehow suit the heat and not being particularly spicy are relatively simple to match with wine.

Wine of the Week: The Society’s Exhibition Rioja Reserva 2017

Posted on March 11 2022 at 19:47

There are apparently only low stocks left of The Wine Society’s Exhibition Rioja Reserva 2017 which should encourage you to snap up a few bottles if you're a member.

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Chicken, lemon and olive tagine with Rioja reserva

Posted on July 30 2007 at 09:45

Friends came round the other night and I cooked one of my favourite new recipes - a chicken, lemon and olive tagine (which appears in my forthcoming book Food, Wine and Friends, she adds, unable to resist a cheap plug!). One of the reasons it’s slightly different from the authentic Moroccan version is that I remove the chicken skin which makes the dish a lot lighter.