Pair It Up! One-Sentence Chicken With Gamay
The Herbed Skillet Chicken recipe comes from the Good Housekeeping series Cook Without the Book: One-Sentence Recipes—dishes that are all about convenience. I cooked it three times this summer and...
Pair It Up: Fabulous Fall Fare
Here in Manitoba, we’re experiencing an abnormally warm bit of weather for this late in September — with temps in the mid- to high-20s, I fear we here on the...
Pair It Up: 'Desert' Wine and Herbal Fare
Just yesterday I was at the BC Wine Institute’s ‘Colour’ fall release tasting event, but while I am usually an attendee at these things – I was actually earning my...
Food & Wine Pairing: The Ace Up Your Sleeve
I think that one of the points many wine writers and sommeliers really like to drive home is that people worry way too much about perfecting the art of food...
Burgers ‘n Wine
The burger—a summer staple if there ever was one. And with summer dwindling fast, perhaps it was fortuitous that an event called Le Burger Week came across my radar. Running...
Sausage With a Side of Mustard and Chardonnay
I’m in Germany at the moment on a press trip that, after only a few days of tackling Riesling, has left my teeth feeling like they’re constantly being electrocuted. When...
Pair It Up: Niçoise Salad meets Pink Pinot Gris
The easiest and most successful food and wine pairing advice I ever give is this: pair regionally. You're cooking pasta with a Bolognese sauce? Try a Sangiovese di Romagna. Planning...
Campfires, Barbecues & Tannat
Hot nights, which have now arrived with consistency, cry for backyard wines: bottles to accompany a campfire or food cooked on a grill. We favour protein-heavy meals, flavours of char...