1. food and wine pairing kitchen in McLaren Vale

goat curd & dukkah pate'

Venison pate' & shiraz jelly

salmon pate' & chardonnay dill jelly

Wine and food from the Fleurieu is united in innovative and pioneering dishes.

The recipes are designed to support the individual elegance and sophistication of McLaren Vale wine.
To reach this goal ^winefood has developed a variety of techniques and production strategies to control the impact of herbs and spices in our food.


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Food and wine are made for each other if they are made for each other.

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  1.               taste and flavour trapping technique

  For example dukkah is a powerful mix of Middle Eastern spices, some sharp and some roasted. The impact on your palate is amplified by the roasting- and grinding grade of this mix. Dark roasting will deliver bitterness and coarse grinding will produce peaks of sharpness; both will interfere with your wine tasting experience. 

At ^winefood we use selected herbs and spices and roast them gently. Chili, pepper, garlic and alike are often infused; which means the upper layer of flavour is captured in a ”fumet” or stock-broth. The result is peppery flavour without the cracking sharpness produced by biting on a tiny piece of pepper or chili.

2.Tartello

Tartello Facts... 

  ^Riesling spinach tartello

Spinach, ricotta, fondant pumpkin

riesling onion mash, ricotta pastry

^Chardonnay paella tartello

Prawn, lemon chicken & chardonnay risotto, white balsamic onions,

 capsicum, smoked paprika pastry

^Shiraz braised lamb tartello

French lamb Savoyard, shallots, potatoes parsnip and beans,

 Dijon mustard and herb pastry

...less fat more Fleurieu

Pastry has been used for centuries to wrap pies and pasties. And to be honest, we like them all. However, healthy and tasty in terms of flavour...? Most of them aren’t. Fleurieu tarts are not wrapped in heavy pastry. Instead, a light crepe-like pastry rises gently around the tasty heart of each tartello. Ingredients are straight forward: organic flour, fresh milk and eggs, SA extra virgin olive oil and yes, a healthy dash of McLaren wale wine.

Not some but all our main ingredients are from the Fleurieu Peninsula.

Recipes are created with and for the characteristic and complexity of McLaren vale wines. The cellar door range is designed to bring local food at its best, next to your wine presentation.

^winefood is fresh, all ingredients are local and they have a name and not a number like 202. The only additive is the love of cooking and the taste and flavour of the Fleurieu Peninsula.

Sweets,.... less sugar more McLaren Vale

     Sweets

...less sugar more McLaren Vale

Winefood sweets are made in McLaren vale from Fleurieu products with organic preference. Sugar is partly replaced with honey and herbs delivering an extra layer of wine specific flavour.

^Chardonnay lemon cheese cake

 ginger honey apple and

lemon Melissa glace’

^Portwine frangipane

Port wine, dark chocolate almond and rosemary frangipane

^Riesling yogurt & carob tart

baked raspberry centre and coconut coriander crumble