The Belgian Wine and Asparagus Battles: #5 – Aromatic Grape Varieties
In this series of wine and asparagus articles, I select Belgian wines to match a specific asparagus dish. Battle #5: aromatic grape varieties.
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The Belgian Wine and Asparagus Battles: #4 – Monovarietal vs. Blend
In this series, I select duos of Belgian wines to match a particular asparagus dish. My not-so-secret intent is to on the one hand showcase delicious wines from our little wine country, and hopefully provide some inspiration for your own quest for the holy asparagus grail: those divine combinations of wine and the ‘white gold’. Battle #4: Monovarietal vs. Blend.
The Belgian Wine and Asparagus Battles: #3 – Chardonnay and the Pinot Family
In this series, each time we choose two Belgian wines to go with a classic asparagus dish. Battle #3: Chardonnay and the Pinot family.
The Belgian Wine and Asparagus Battles: #2 – Old vs. New
In this series we focus on classic asparagus dishes, paired with Belgian wines. We’ve set up the test as separate battles, in which each time two carefully selected wines battle for first place. Our second battle: history vs. modernity!
The Belgian Wine and Asparagus Battles: #1 – Pinot Blanc vs. Pinot Gris
After our general wine pairing tips with asparagus earlier this month, it is time to put a number of actual pairings to the test.
In this series we will focus on classic asparagus dishes, combined with exclusively Belgian wines. We’ve set up the test as separate battles, in which each time two carefully selected wines will battle for first place as the best pairing for an asparagus classic.
White Gold, Liquid Gold: Pairing Wine and Asparagus
We’ve been looking forward for it for a while: the annual asparagus season. Until June 24th we are able to enjoy our Asparagus officinalis L., more poetically known as: the queen of vegetables, white gold, edible ivory or ‘pointes d’amour’.
This regal vegetable obviously deserves the right liquid punctuation…
Alice Bown is Belgium’s New Wine Lady of the Year
Yesterday top sommelier Tom Ieven of 3-Michelin star restaurant Hof van Cleve was crowned ‘Sommelier of the Year 2020’. Noteworthy: 10 years ago, the very first title winner, Pieter Verheyde, also worked at Hof...
Bordeaux is Back!
I mentioned it last month among the wine trends for 2020: many established wine regions are undergoing significant transformations. This includes Bordeaux, old love of experienced wine aficionados, yet often vilified and avoided by...
Podcast – Champagne (in Dutch)
If you are still wondering about the what, why and how of champagne, and you understand (Flemish) Dutch: I was recently interviewed for Wijncast, a podcast by radio journalist and avid wine lover Dennis...
Wine Trends for 2020
How time flies; another year has come to an end! This means it is a good time to look back at last year’s post and evaluate what I had envisioned for 2019, before announcing...
