AND TO DRINK…

Drinks editor Yvonne Lorkin suggests matches for these dishes.

1. PRAWN, ZUCCHINI AND LEMONGRASS

FRITTERS All that ginger, garlic, chilli and coriander complexity woven into these lickety-lovely, lemongrassy fritters is just crying out for a pinot gris with great nashi, apple and peachy intensity on the nose and palate. Clean, precise, focused and flavoursome, the Mount Michael The Mountaineer Central Otago Pinot Gris 2019 ($24.99) is perfect. mountmichaelwines.com

2. ROAST DUCK BAO

These bonza baos deserve to be partnered with a wine showing total class and elegance, because that’s you in a nutshell right? The Blank Canvas Escaroth Marlborough Pinot Noir

2017 ($49) is perfumed with red rose, spiced cherries and soft cocoa characters and bursts with plush, plucky red fruits in the mouth. Succulent, juicy and delicious with duck. blankcanvaswines.com

3. CHICKEN KATSU SLIDERS Take a walk on the wild side with these mini sliders and give your guests a sip or two of the Peckham’s Phantasmic Cider 750ml ($19.99). Kingston Black, Knotted Kernel, Brown’s, Harry Masters Jersey and Chisel Jersey cider apples are fermented on their skins then matured in freshly emptied pommeau barrels to create a dry, complex, farmhouse cider, with bitter tannins and a funky background of apple brandy. peckhams.co.nz

4. OYSTERS ON THE HALF SHELL All you need with these classic oyster flavour combos is the Junction Central Hawke’s

Bay Persistence 2017 ($22). It’s an incredibly stylish, sophisticated sparkling, with soft marzipan and lemon notes on the nose, which merge with silky-soft citrus, clean biscuity complexity and a pillowy, marshmallow mousse. junctionwines.co.nz