Kate Hawkings

Oct 11, 2024 | theguardian.com | Kate Hawkings

It feels inappropriately early to be writing about port – usually the stuff appears on wine pages only in the immediate run-up to Christmas, because that’s when most of us buy our only bottle of the year. Its unfortunate associations with red-trousered, red-nosed, Colonel Blazer types also makes it possibly the most unfashionable of drinks, but, as well as being a traditional essential with the festive cheeseboard, port is a diverse category that deserves attention at other times of year, too.

Oct 11, 2024 | aol.co.uk | Kate Hawkings

It feels inappropriately early to be writing about port – usually the stuff appears on wine pages only in the immediate run-up to Christmas, because that’s when most of us buy our only bottle of the year. Its unfortunate associations with red-trousered, red-nosed, Colonel Blazer types also makes it possibly the most unfashionable of drinks, but, as well as being a traditional essential with the festive cheeseboard, port is a diverse category that deserves attention at other times of year, too.

Oct 4, 2024 | theguardian.com | Kate Hawkings

Pulses were among the first cultivated plants, grown since our hunter-gatherer forebears began developing agrarian communities around 11,000 years ago, and although they have a certain modest charm when served alone, pulses more often play an unassuming but nutritionally valuable role to bulk up more flavourful and flashy ingredients. And it is those that should guide you when it comes to picking an accompanying wine. The Guardian’s journalism is independent.

Sep 20, 2024 | theguardian.com | Kate Hawkings

“I call them ‘human wines’, not ‘natural wines’,” says renowned winemaker Salvo Foti as we stand in the remote Vigna Bosco, a half-hectare vineyard that, at 1,200m, is the highest on Mount Etna in Sicily. “They link us directly to the landscape and the people here, in the future as well as way back in the past.”The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.

Sep 5, 2024 | olivemagazine.com | Kate Hawkings

❚ This page contains some affiliate links and we may receive a small commission for purchases made, but this comes at no extra cost to you and does not influence our editorial choices. . A guide to Chilean wineChile is the world’s fifth-largest wine producer, making more wine than Australia, South Africa and its neighbour Argentina, so it’s no surprise it’s the source of so many bottles found on the shelves of our supermarkets and corner shops.