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Drinks editor Yvonne Lorkin suggests matches for these dishes.
1. KIWI LAMB BURGERS
Spice-centric and soused with redcurrant and raspberry, the instant aromatic hit of roasting pan juices, wild cherry and rhubarb makes the Tiki Estate Waipara Pinot Noir 2019 ($23.99) the duck’s nuts with lamb burgers. tikiwine.com
2. GREENS, RICOTTA AND MUSHROOM PIZZA The elegant, softly spiced Palliser Estate Martinborough Pinot
Noir 2019 ($59) is the most delicious thing with the creamy mushroom, garlic and thyme in this pizza. palliser.co.nz 3. TOMATO AND BURRATA PIZZA You’re gonna be ripping the top off the No Ordinary Rosé with Bubbles 375ml can ($9) with this tomato-tastic pizza. It’s a strawberry, melon and raspberry-razzed wine.
In. A. Can. And its crisp, fruity, peppery, dry mid-palate and long finish work superbly here. middleearthwine.com
4. FENNEL AND SALAMI PIZZA The Duncan’s Strawberry and Mango Ripple Imperial Ice Cream
Sour 440ml ($10) is crazy good with this pizza. Its creamy complexity and clean, pure, tropical and berry tones work wickedly well with the chilli heat and the tangy tomato sauce. Boom! duncansbrewing.co.nz
5. ONION FRITTER
BURGERS The best possible thing to put in your mouth after these burgers is the Unison Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2019 ($24). It’s a drystyled pinot gris with buckets of spice and a massive core of minerality in the mid-palate. unisonvineyard.co.nz
6. CRISPY CHICKEN AND BACON BURGERS Pair the salty bacon and crispy chicken with a glass of Cassels
Nectaron® IPA 518ml ($9.99). Made with new Nectaron® hops and toasty malts, its tropical, toasty, citrus-edged flavours work a treat! cassels.nz
7. CHORIZO AND GARLIC PRAWN BURGERS I’m loving the Toi Toi Marlborough
Reserve Riesling 2018 ($27) with these burgers because it’s fresh, intensely concentrated, citrus-driven and tricked out with tropical tones, making it a seriously sippable palatecleanser. toitoiwines.co.nz
8. THREE-CHEESE PIZZA Sip a bottle of Wilderness Brewing Felicity Barrel Aged
Wild Ale 375ml ($15) with this pizza. Crisp, smart and softly sour, it’s made with 60 per cent pils and 40 per cent unmalted wheat and aged hops. Fermented and aged in a French oak wine barrel for over a year, it’s finished with a small amount of rhubarb. regionalwines.co.nz
9. FISH TACOS Try the Askerne Hawke’s Bay Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon
Gris, Semillon 2018 ($23.90) with these seriously spicy fish tacos. It’s heaving with herbaceousness, lemongrass, white pepper and tarragoninfused terrificness. askernewines.co.nz