Our new food and wine matching series kicks off with Alliance Wine unveiling a succession of hopeful food wines to a group of eager sommeliers. Spit bucket, camera, action! says Chris Losh

Harveys Cellars in Bristol reopen as sherry and tapas bar

Holograms, vintage champagne, and some great food matches - the launch of Dom Pérignon 2003.

Champagne house launches food pairing campaign

Galoupet is taking food and wine pairing seriously

Themed food-and-wine evenings can be a great way to sell Argentinian wine... and pack out your venue at the same time. Chris Losh talks to five places about what they did and why it worked

For years Koshu was overlooked in Japan as a fruit worthy only of table grape status; finally it's being given the attention it deserves

There’s a growing realisation that you can match Indian food with wine. Fiona Sims talks to some of the sommeliers at the forefront of a movement determined to prove that there’s more to life than lager

In the last of our series on the basics of food and wine matching, Hakkasan’s wine buyer, Christine Parkinson, tells you how to go about pairing wines with spicy food

Older vintage champagne might not be the easiest of sells, but it can give you amazing options for food matching. Particularly, says Margaret Rand, with trickier dishes

When on-trade suppliers were asked to submit sparkling wine styles to pair with Indian dishes prepared by chef Vivek Singh of The Cinammon Club, they rose to the challenge. Giles Fallowfield finds out if fizz and spice can get along

Character and individuality typify wines from Portugal. But for our clutch of top sommeliers, it’s the value and food matching versatility that wins out. Richard Woodard canvases opinions

Finding wines that work well with food is so obviously the most important aspect of putting together any wine list that this had to be a part of the Sommelier Wine Awards.

...may be OK for making little girls out of, but they’re a nightmare when it comes to wine matching. Chris Losh and a panel of die-hard tasters take on palm sugar, chilli and fish sauce in an extreme Thai food-matching session at Nahm

The days of the dreaded nut cutlet are long gone. And with vegetarian dishes an ever-present option on menus countrywide, our tasting and matching panel headed to newly opened Saf in search of perfect wine partners. Chris Losh reports