Seasonal plates, thoughtful wines, convivial nights.
Gravy, crackling and a Yorkshire pudding the size of a saucer make the Sunday roast one of the trickiest plates in the country to pair. Here are six accessible bottles that hold their own across the whole spread — plus the one that quietly flattens it.
Formal tastings have their place, but the evenings we remember are the ones that started with a text at five o'clock and ended with someone asleep on the sofa. A case for loosening the grip and letting the wine do its job.
Celeriac, beetroot, venison, apples and kale are doing the heavy lifting in British kitchens this month. Here's a glass for each — with a recipe idea and a plain-English reason why it works.