Seafood is one of the healthiest meals you will ever taste. Furthermore, it’s nice to enjoy a glass of wine with a perfectly seasoned fish filet or a delicious platter of shellfish, but there isn’t a “one bottle fits all” option. For guidance, have a look at our helpful breakdown of wine and seafood pairings below. Image credit: Unsplash/Jay Wennington Seafood Pairing Rules First of all, you should know that there are some seafood pairing rules. For example, although lighter reds and sparkling wines can pair well with seafood, white wines typically do the best. Similarly, the wine should be more elegant the more delicate the fish, so when pairing,…

When we reach June we can safely say that the true Summer has actually arrived. After a glorious Spring where the weather was stunning but we had to keep isolated socially, we are now in a position when we can meet up with some friends and families in our new social bubbles as long as we stay outdoors, and this makes fine weather all the more important. Although June has been a bit of a washout so far, parts of next week, and particularly next weekend, are looking so much better. They are looking like barbecue weather, to be exact. But what makes the perfect barbecue, and are there any…

When it comes to foods and flavours, we all know what we like and what we don’t like? But what is less certain is why we like certain things, and yet turn our noses up at others. It turns out that it is a far more complex issue than just like/dislike. Our life experiences and particularly experiences when it comes to food, our upbringing (linked to the sorts of food we were exposed to at an early age) and even our age, can all effect the tips of tastes and flavours we enjoy, and these can change as we progress through life. V2, one of the nations leading brands when it…