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Best Wine With Air Fryer Chicken, Chips and Easy Weeknight Meals
The best wine with air fryer chicken is usually a crisp Italian white with bright acidity, clean fruit and enough freshness to lift the salty, golden edges of the food. Air fryer chicken, chips and easy weeknight meals are simple, but the right bottle can make them…
Best Italian Wine With Fish and Chips: A UK Takeaway Wine Guide
The best wine with fish and chips is not always beer — crisp Italian whites, dry fizz and fresh rosato can make battered cod, salty chips and tartare sauce taste brighter. Fish and chips is a proper British classic, but the right bottle of Italian wine can lift the…
Donzella Wines Refer a Friend Is Here
At Donzella Wines, many of our best customers come from real recommendations. A bottle gets opened at dinner, and someone asks where it came from. Then a friend searches our name, places an order, and discovers proper Italian wine for themselves. Because of that, word…
Best Wine With a Cheese Board: Italian Wines for Cheddar, Brie, Blue Cheese, Goat’s Cheese and Antipasti
The best wine with a cheese board depends on what kind of cheese you are serving. A board with cheddar, crackers and chutney needs a different bottle from one loaded with brie, goat’s cheese, blue cheese, Parmesan, salami, olives and antipasti. Because cheese boards…
Best Wine With Steak: Italian Reds for Ribeye, Sirloin, Fillet, Rump and Steak Night at Home
The best wine with steak depends on the cut, the cooking style and the sauce. A ribeye needs something different from a fillet steak. A sirloin with peppercorn sauce needs a wine with more structure, while a steak served with mushrooms, chips or garlic butter can work…
Best Wine With Sunday Roast: Italian Wines for Chicken, Beef, Lamb, Pork and Veggie Roasts
The best wine with Sunday roast depends on what you are cooking, because roast chicken needs a very different bottle from roast beef, lamb, pork or a veggie roast. A proper Sunday roast is not just meat and potatoes either. It is gravy, roasties, stuffing, Yorkshire…
Best Wine for Burgers, Sausages and BBQ Chicken: A UK BBQ Wine Guide
The best wine with burgers and sausages is usually a smooth, fruit-rich red that can handle grilled meat, smoke, fat, salt and BBQ sauce without feeling too heavy. For a proper UK BBQ with burgers, sausages, BBQ chicken, ribs, halloumi and salads, Italian wines are a…
Best Wine for Picky Bits: Italian Wines for Crisps, Dips, Cheese, Charcuterie and Picnic Food
Picky bits deserve better wine. Whether it is crisps, dips, cheese, crackers, olives, charcuterie, bread, tomatoes, hummus, salami, mozzarella, antipasti or a few leftover bits from the fridge, this is one of the easiest and most enjoyable ways to eat. It is relaxed,…
What’s Been Happening Behind the Scenes at Donzella Wines
As an Italian wine merchant UK customers rely on, Donzella Wines has been working behind the scenes over the past few months to source new wines, improve quality, and find smarter ways to keep costs down all while maintaining our focus on authentic Italian wines and…