Food thoughts:

• Cheese: Cheddar, stilton, gorgonzola
• Vegetables: Horseradish, potato, parsnip, cauliflower, beetroot
• Herbs: Tarragon, mint, parsley, thyme
• Fish: Tuna
• Meat & Poultry: Lamb, duck, beef, venison, goose

Some dishes and wines:

• Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding – try any and all of the below!
• Lamb cutlets with rosemary roast potatoes – Rioja Reserva
• Venison casserole – Claret / Bordeaux red
• Beef or venison Wellington – New Zealand Syrah
• Duck curry – Carmenère or Malbec
• Wild mushroom risotto or soufflé – Barolo or Barbaresco
• Rack of herb-crusted lamb – Côte Rôtie or Hermitage
• BBQ rib eye steak – New World Cabernet Sauvignon

Key wine styles:

• Cabernet Sauvignon
• Rioja Reserva and Gran Reserva
• Châteauneuf-du-Pape
• Shiraz
• Top Bordeaux
• Chilean Carmenere
• Ribera del Duero
• Zinfandel
• Barolo & Barbaresco
• Rich Merlot
• Argentine Malbec
• Chianti Classico Riserva
• Grenache
• Priorat
• Côte Rôtie and Hermitage
• Tannat
• Douro
• New World Cabernet Franc

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