Food & Wine Pairing
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Wine and Dine: Matt's Gammon Hot Pot
This is a family recipe courtesy of my mothers’ family, still on the same piece of stained and torn paper on which it was written so many years ago. A frugal dish that is ridiculously simple to make but boy is it tasty. The sort of stew that you need in these cold and windy days just before the spring warmth arrives to thaw us out. To go with ...
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Wine and Pie: The Perfect Pairing
As we head towards National Pie Week, starting on 3rd March, let’s get one thing straight... A pie encases its filling completely with pastry. Anything which calls itself a pie when it simply has a piece of pastry on top isn’t a pie, nor is something with a pastry base and no top. Despite the phrase being immortalised by Dean Martin in song, ...
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Matt's Top Rieslings
Riesling has a much-maligned reputation in the UK stemming from the 1970/80s thanks the infamous holy trinity of Blue Nun, Black Tower, and Liebfraumilch. However, there is so much more to Riesling than those super-sweet concoctions, and at Bon Coeur we’re on a mission to change customers minds! It has long been a firm favourite grape for those ...
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Spotlight on Shiraz
Shiraz, which is also known as Syrah, is a thick skinned red grape variety which produces rich, robust, powerful red wine. Due to its hardiness as a vine and flexibility to different climatic conditions, Shiraz is one of the most widely planted grape varietals in the world. It buds late and ripens fairly early compared to other red grapes and is ...
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Wine and Dine: Andrew's Vegetable Tagine
In a bid to eat healthier as a household, we only eat meat at weekends where we focus on quality cuts from our local butcher: less is more, as they say! As such, find something that’s quick and easy to cook, healthy and meat-free was initially quite challenging… step forward this delicious, yet simple vegetable tagine! Warming spices add depth ...