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Red, Red Wine

Oliver Coningham picks the best tipples for Valentine’s Day

any people divide wine into wine, which oten sits on a scale from high acidity, these strong flavoured
several quite rudimentary light to full. wines complement dishes with a similar
Mcategories. You have your At the light end of the spectrum intensity. Think barbecued foods, rich
reds, your whites, your rosés and your are Pinot Noir and Grenache. Wines casseroles, fajitas, Indian cuisine and
sparklings. To do so though seems to such as these pair well with root other spicy dishes.
oversimplify things somewhat… vegetables, aubergine, fennel and
Red wine alone can be separated mushrooms. Try these wines alongside
out into many diferent styles. The most Portobello mushroom burger or roasted
common way this is done is in terms aubergine pasta. Find out more about vegan drink and
of the weight of the wine. Before you Right at the opposite end are food on the forkandcarrot.com website,
get the scales to weigh your next glass, heavier reds including Malbec, Shiraz or follow Oliver Coningham on Instagram
weight here refers to the intensity of the and Syrah. With their full bodies and and Twitter @forkandcarrot. ■

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