LCBO Food & Drink Holiday 2021

Imagine the unimaginable: An open bottle of sparkling wine has been left too long and is no longer drinkable. Add it to vinaigrettes. Or pour it into a cheesecloth-­ coveredMason jar, wait sixmonths and, voila! Champagne vinegar.

Sparkling wine food pairings Among the wine world’s most versatile pairing partners, thanks to its range of styles, sparkling wine goes beautifully with a vast array of foods, from the humble (popcorn, fried chicken, potato chips) to some of the most revered (caviar, lobster, truffles).

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Mumm Cuvée Napa Brut Prestige + Crab Linguine with Chili & Cilantro Pair Mumm Cuvée Napa Brut Prestige ( LCBO 217273, $29.95) with chili-crab linguine: The wine’s bready aromas and fresh citrus flavours are excellent foils for the touch of heat.

Hungaria Grand Cuvée Brut + White Chocolate & Clemen- tine Shortbread Sandwiches Generous acidity in Hungaria Grand Cuvée Brut ( LCBO 619288, $13.25) tempers the white-chocolate creaminess of shortbread, while the wine’s natural citrus flavours complement the clementine sandwich-cookie filling.

De Chanceny Crémant de Loire Rosé Brut + Holiday Chicken & Waffles brunch board De Chanceny’s Crémant de Loire Rosé Brut ( LCBO 211466, $20.00) has the acidity to tame fried chicken’s richness and the biscuity herba- ceousness to enhance a waffle’s toasted lightness—making it a perfect partner to our recipe on page 249.

Moët & Chandon Nectar Impérial Rosé + Cracked Pepper & Honey Butter Popcorn Epitomizing a high-low aesthet- ic, Moët & Chandon’s Nectar Impérial Rosé ( LCBO 549527, $89.80), a radiant, juicy Cham- pagne with crunchy acidity, rev- els in the honey-butter sweet- spiciness of fluffy popcorn.

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