Food and Wine Matching

Forget that old wise tail about drinking only red wine with red meat and white wine with poultry and fish. These days, the trick to finding a food and wine match made in heaven is to consider what accompanies the protein component on your plate and then to look for similarities, not contrasts.

Think of this process as searching for a flavour hook – some component of the wine which complements one or more flavour characteristics of the food.
Consider, too, the relative weight and acidity of the wine and match this to the intensity of the food. Fresh, simple, delicate fare demands an elegant, light-bodied rose or white wine that's young and lively, while stronger-flavoured dishes can cope with full-bodied red wines and even fortifieds.

But remember that the best match of all is great food, great wine and great company, and that friends and loved ones are by far the most important ingredients.

Red Centre Chardonnay

Pasta carbonara, anything served in a buttery or creamy sauce, grilled or poached salmon,

mild chicken satay.

Red Centre Rosé

Asian dishes, spicy salads, thai fish cakes, roast duck and other game.

Red Centre Silver Medal Winning Cabernet Merlot(preservative free)

Mushroom risotto, baked ham, moroccan-style lamb, most roast meats.Rare roast beef, tomato-based pasta dishes, aged cheddar
and other full-flavoured hard cheeses, offal.

Red Centre Bronze Medal Winning Shiraz

Middle eastern dishes, steak with green pepper sauce, veal parmigana, barbecued meat, ratatouille.

Sparkling wine
Drier sparkling styles go well with oysters and canapes, while slightly sweeter bubblies are better suited to fruit-based desserts and anything spicy.

Unwooded Chardonnay

Noodles, antipasto platters, tomato-based dishes, sashimi, tandoori chicken.

Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc

Asparagus, goat cheese, herb salads, lemonbased sauces, oysters, most seafood.

Fortifieds

Sweeter styles suit pate de foie gras, chocolate mousse, coffee, gorgonzola, stilton and other blue cheeses, while lighter fortifieds are perfect with fruit-based desserts