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When it comes to pairing food and wine, there are a few guidelines to enhance your dining experience. At Napier Vineyards, we believe that the best pairings come from experimentation and trusting your palate. One key tip is to avoid overshadowing the main star, whether it's the dish or the wine. If you have a vintage wine, pair it with a simple dish to let the wine shine, and vice versa. Balance is essential: rich, flavourful wines complement complex dishes, while lighter wines pair well with mild foods. For intense flavours like curry or chocolate, focus on the wine's structure for a harmonious match. #NapierVineyards #WinePairing #FoodAndWine #WineTips #WineLovers #FineDining #CulinaryArt #WineExperience #Foodie #GourmetWine #PerfectPairings

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I personally prefer semi-dry red #wine made from #Cabernet grapes, especially during a luxurious meal. This means that I have a certain understanding of #wines and a good taste in the culinary space. It also means that I am no longer young. Wine is increasingly becoming an experience of previous generations. Classic wine producers struggle to find new audiences in a world where younger generations tend towards other alcoholic #beverages, or light and sparkling wines, or low-alcohol wines. In #France, the land of wine, this is felt well with a significant decrease (5.9%) in wine #exports in 2023. Unlike other alcoholic beverages, wine does not represent a #culture of heavy drinking and rudeness, but rather a culture of fine dining and delicacy and sophistication. It provokes thoughts. Considering lighting a #cigar.

While every other industry outside wine woke up to the need to create compelling digital experiences in the early 2010s, the wine world is still shaking off its slumber. Innovators like Jeff Gillis, get it. Today's consumers want more access to fun, social, educational experiences. Solutions that are more accessible and able to be tailored to different consumer interests beyond talking at them in tasting rooms. Moreover, they want to use digital experiences to enhance interpersonal relationships with friends and family, not distract them from it. If you still need to check out Jeff's Winelikes platform, you should. They are working on a similar principal to make learning about wine easier, more enjoyable, and more social for novices and experts alike. Their quizzes go beyond what Somm Says can deliver thru our digital tasting game by offering immersive quizzes that explore beyond the wine to the regions, grapes, and incredible people who produce it. Cheers to the mavericks like Jeff, who are trying to drag the stubborn wine industry to the digital water it desperately needs to survive.

Little Dumpling King, Stoke-on-Trent: ‘Huge, banging flavours’ – restaurant review Review Little Dumpling King, Stoke-on-Trent: ‘Huge, banging flavours’ – restaurant review From the loud music to all the crispy chilli oil, Little Dumpling King is punching well above its weight Jay Rayner Sun 1 Sep 2024 01.00 EDT Share 311 Little Dumpling King, 50 Piccadilly, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 1EG. 01782 286 113. Littledumplingking.co.uk. All dishes £4 - £14. Wines from £25 a bottle. Beers from £4 a bottle. At Little Dumpling King in Stoke-on-Trent’s Hanley, they make their own crispy chilli oil, which is much more crispy chilli than oil. This is a smart move, partly because it indicates a commitment to doing things properly and partly because they use so much, they’d go bust if they had to buy it retail. There are fat piles of the stuff across the dumplings, and in drifts around the deep-fried chicken wings, and as part of the “gnarly seasoning” on the sticky rice. The curious thing is that it doesn’t get repetitive, this clash and batter of heat and toastiness. It ends up feeling more like a signature; a mark of the place and its determination to beat you into happy submission with plate after plate of huge, banging flavours. https://lnkd.in/g7Yy7Thb

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A quick guide to port wine: Port is an expansive category of fortified wine that can be made with around 80 grapes and has been enjoyed for hundreds of years. If you have sipped this potent beverage, it was likely at the end of a meal. But where does this drink come from? Here’s everything you need to know about this fortified wine. 1️⃣ Port is a Portuguese fortified wine that is made by adding distilled grape spirit, usually brandy, to a wine base. The addition of the high-alcohol spirit stops fermentation and “fortifies” the wine. 2️⃣ Port is made in Portugal’s Douro Valley. Much like how Champagne can only be called such if it’s from the Champagne region of France, only wines produced in the Douro Valley can be labeled Port. 3️⃣ There are different styles of port wines like Ruby, Tawny, Vintage, Late Bottled Vintage ports. 4️⃣ Port wines can be best served in short tulip shaped glasses 5️⃣Port can pair well with a variety of foods. But typically, when you are drinking a sweet wine, you’ll want to enjoy it with a sweet dish. Think laird trifle, butterscotch panna cotta with poached pears, chocolate and fig tart with homemade jam and other desserts. Have you tried port wine ? Which is your favourite type of port wine let me know in the comments below! Cheers #sonalholland #masterofwine #portwine #winelovers #wineknowledge #wineexpert #winetips #portugal

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