How to Pair McLaren Vale Wines with Food
Today on the blog we invite the team from Cellarmasters and winemaker Mark Jamieson to share some tips on matching McLaren Vale wines with food. Let’s tuck in…
National French Fry Day & Wines to Match
Those who know me well, know that I have an unconditional love for potatoes. Whether they’re sweet, mashed or fried – my palate simply can’t get enough of them. My muffin top may not agree, but hey, a glass or two of champagne and that shuts her up pretty quick smart! Thanks to our friends…
Cuveé Chocolate Wine Connoisseurs Collection Test
Recently I had a big responsibility on my hands. I took on the challenge of road testing Cuveé Chocolate for the Just In Time Gourmet blog.
Your Guide to Wine & Roast Meat Matching (+ all the trimmings)
Winter is well and truly on the way for us here in Australia and there’s nothing like a nice big family roast with all the trimmings to warm the cockles of the heart. Top that off with a perfectly complimentary wine match and you’ve got yourself the perfect winter wine & food feast. Add in…
Caroline Taylor’s Swan Valley Grilled Fig Bruschetta Recipe
TC readers you are uber lucky today as I’ve managed to persuade Caroline Taylor – Swan Valley Humane Food Ambassador to share with us an exclusive recipe of hers in the lead up to her role as the MC at this year’s most fabulous foodie event in Perth – the Entwined in the Valley Degustation…
10 Wine Cupcake Recipes You Need In Your Life
If you didn’t see on social media recently, I attempted to make champagne cupcakes. There is no doubt about it, they were truly amazing – and so I would hope so after 2 hours in the kitchen! They were the most decadent and delicious pieces of goodness perfect for any bubbly lover (recipe is #1…
Easter Food & Wine Matching Tips & Tricks
For me, there’s two foods that are particularly ‘Easter’ for me: hot cross buns and chocolate, mountains and mountains of chocolate. I love to slightly grill the hot cross buns and then slather them with lashings of butter and well with the chocolate, I’ll take it any which way 😉 With Easter only mere days…
Bacon and Wine Matching – DO NOT read this if you’re on a diet!
It dawned on me recently when Mr. Spittoon and I were cooking up a cheese toastie wrapped in bacon aka ‘the delicious heart attack’ (good call KL!), that a food which is known as the hero of all foods – bacon – has not yet been given the wine recognition it deserves. I dedicate this post…
BYO at Crust Pizza Bar in Mt Lawley (no corkage!)
I love BYO restaurants! I hate to say it but half the time I reckon I can pick out a much better match for my food than being restricted to what’s on a wine menu. Plus BYO spots also mean that technically I’m saving money because I’m purchasing wine from a bottle shop or cellar…