Kate Hawkings

Jan 23, 2025 | olivemagazine.com | Kate Hawkings

Are you a fan of Californian wine? Our wine expert Kate Hawkings shares all you need to know about the wines of Sonoma County, California, including it's varied styles and the grape varieties to look out for, along with recommendations of the best wines to buy. AdvertisementFor more like this, check out our expert guides to the best Sancerre and Loire Valley wines or the best Bordeaux wines. Want to learn more at the source itself?

Nov 28, 2024 | bristol247.com | Kate Hawkings

Friends and family gathered at Winchester yesterday to celebrate the life of Matthew Pruen – restaurateur, bon viveur and the host with the absolute most who was at the forefront of Bristol’s now acclaimed and thriving restaurant scene more than 30 years ago. So many Bristolians of a certain age will remember Matthew from Rocinantes, the groundbreaking bar and restaurant that opened on Whiteladies Road in 1989.

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.