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A small wine glass sits beside a narrow stack of gold coins and a tiny fenced patch of vineyard soil in a terracotta tray — Scarcity sets the Burgundy price
Burgundy

Why Burgundy costs what it does, and where the value hides

You looked up a Burgundy someone poured at dinner, found it costs more than your...
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A dense cluster of dark Shiraz grapes rests on cracked red earth beside a small glass of deep purple wine — Shiraz is not just jammy here
Australia

Australian Shiraz beyond the jammy reputation

Polite refusals of Australian Shiraz tend to arrive with a description attached — big, sweet,...
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A thick seared ribeye resting on a wooden board with juices pooling beneath and a carving knife laid across it — The soft red wastes a good steak
Food Pairing

With steak, the soft red is the wasteful choice

You have a ribeye resting on the board and two bottles on the counter: a...
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A roast goose leg, glazed char siu strips, a soy sauce chicken and cubes of crispy roast pork belly on a chopping board — Siu mei is four dishes, not one
Food Pairing

Siu mei is four dishes, not one, and the wine has to cope

The goose arrives chopped, skin up, plum sauce in a saucer on the side. Someone...
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Dried red chillies and whole Sichuan peppercorns scattered across a wooden chopping board beside a bowl of chilli oil — Alcohol makes chilli burn hotter
Food Pairing

Why alcohol makes Sichuan food hotter, and what to drink

Someone ordered the mapo tofu, the dry-fried green beans and a plate of kou shui...
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A whole steamed fish on a plain plate, a dish of fried prawns, raw oysters on ice, and three glasses each holding a different white wine — One white never fits all seafood
Food Pairing

Steamed, fried and raw seafood want three different whites

There is a steamed garoupa in the middle of the table, a plate of prawns...
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A wine glass and bottle beside a wooden sushi geta board holding unmarked pieces, a dish of pickled ginger and an empty soy dish — Four things decide sushi wine
Food Pairing

Wine at the sushi counter: four variables that decide the match

You are at the counter, the first piece of hirame has arrived, and the wine...
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A copper hotpot ring with simmering broth beside a single wine glass and bottle, chopsticks resting on a small dish — The spice decides, not the broth
Food Pairing

What hotpot does to your palate, and what survives it

You brought the good bottle. It is now sitting on a table with a gas...
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A stack of bamboo steamers beside one wine glass and bottle, a row of empty small saucers fanned across a marble table — One wine, fifteen dim sum plates
Food Pairing

One bottle against fifteen dim sum dishes

The trolley has been past three times, the table has har gow, siu mai, cheung...
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One opened wine bottle fitted with a vacuum stopper beside two glasses, one full and one empty, on a small kitchen table — One bottle, two nights, no waste
Entertaining

Opening a bottle for two on a weeknight, without waste

It is Wednesday, dinner is something quick, and there are two of you. You want...
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Six wine bottles standing in a row beside twelve empty glasses arranged in two lines on a long table — Twelve drinkers need six bottles
Buying Guide

How many bottles a table of twelve actually drinks

Twelve people have said yes, the restaurant lets you bring your own, and you are...
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A single chilled glass of pale wine beside a small dish of olives and nuts on a bare counter, no plates laid yet — Open dry before anyone has eaten
Buying Guide

What to open first when guests arrive and nobody has eaten

People are arriving, nobody has eaten, the food is twenty minutes away, and you need...
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