Food thoughts:

• Cheese: Ricotta, Mozzarella, Mild white, cheese gougères or straws
• Vegetables: Peas, broad beans, courgette, mushrooms
• Herbs: Depends on the dish and the fizz
• Fish: Shellfish, turbot, monkfish, tuna, salmon
• Meat & Poultry: Chicken, guinea fowl, rabbit

Some dishes and wines:

• Fish and Chips – English sparkling wine
• Smoked salmon blini – non-vintage champagne
• Mushroom / truffle risotto – aged blanc de blancs champagne
• Antipasti of Italian meats, nuts, olives, cheese – Prosecco
• Strawberries and Cream – Asti
• Sushi – rosé champagne
• Tempura prawns and vegetables – New World sparkling wine
• BBQ ribs – sparkling Shiraz
• Oysters – Brut Nature champagne

Key wine styles

• Champagne
• Prosecco
• Cava
• English sparkling wine
• Franciacorta
• Australia: Tasmania, Yarra, sparkling Shiraz
• California
• South Africa: Methode Cap Classique
• New Zealand: Methode Marlborough, sparkling Sauvignon
• Chile
• Pet Nat
• Brazil
• Other France: Crémant, Limoux, Gaillac
• Sekt
• Lambrusco
• Moscato d’Asti (sweet)

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