Renowned wine experts Sally Evans & Wendy Narby launch their latest seasonal collection.

March 27 2024, Bordeaux, France – Welcoming the blossoming of Spring, Wine and 2 Veg, the go-to online destination for pairing plant-based cuisine with delicious wines, has published its latest seasonal collection. The Spring Collection, now online, captures the flavours of the season with recipes designed to highlight the freshness of seasonal produce.

The array of enticing dishes, from shareable savoury cheesecakes to crispy courgette fritters and flavour-packed harissa carrots, showcase the versatility and abundance of seasonal spring vegetables like asparagus and squash. Additionally, Wine and 2 Veg guides users on selecting the perfect wines to complement each dish, providing recommendations to enhance the dining experience, whether making a weekday supper for one, or entertaining friends and family to celebrate the warmer weather. 

Guided by the expertise of esteemed wine experts Sally Evans, creator of the acclaimed Château George 7 winery, and Wendy Narby, a leading Bordeaux Wine Educator and author of The Drinking Woman's Diet, Wine and 2 Veg continues to redefine wine pairing suggestions. The platform serves as a user-friendly guide on how to pick the perfect wines to pair with vegetables, offering expert insights and delectable plant-based recipes for plant-based enthusiasts, inspired by the French tradition of seasonal eating. 

Commenting on their new spring collection, Wendy Narby, Co-Creator of Wine and 2 Veg, said: “Spring brings a delightful array of fresh produce and vibrant flavours, providing the perfect opportunity to explore exciting wine pairings. In our latest collection, we've curated a selection of recipes that not only celebrate the season's bounty but also showcase how wines like rosé and fizz can elevate plant-based dishes."

Sally Evans, Co-Creator of Wine and 2 Veg, added: "Spring is a season of renewal and rejuvenation, and enjoying the brighter days and lighter evenings. Through our new spring collection for Wine and 2 Veg, we aim to capture that sense of freshness and vitality.  We've chosen a selection of dishes from the ever-increasing bounty of vegetarian recipes available and suggested wine pairings that complement and enhance their many varied and tasty flavours.”

The Spring Recipe Collection, together with the previous seasonal collections for Autumn and Winter are now available at www.wineand2veg.com

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About Wine and 2 Veg

Wine and 2 Veg is a seasonal plant-based online recipe collection and wine guide from British born and now Bordeaux based wine experts Sally Evans and Wendy Narby. In addition to a collection of their favourite plant-based recipes, the website also includes a detailed guide on how to match plant-based ingredients and dishes and their different flavour profiles to wine. The recipes use seasonal, Northern Hemisphere found produce and each one is paired with a recommended sustainable Bordeaux wine. In addition, Wine and 2 Veg also encourages a well-balanced lifestyle and offers advice on how to enjoy wine as part of a holistic approach to healthy living. Each season a new set of recipes will be released, with Autumn, Winter and Spring now available. For more information visit www.wineand2veg.com 

About Wendy Narby: British Born Wendy has lived in Bordeaux for over 30 years. She is a leading Bordeaux wine educator, sharing her passion through writing, speaking and welcoming people to the wine region with the aim of dusting off its wrongful perception of being exclusive and unapproachable. She loves nothing more than introducing wine lovers to the people and the place beyond the products.  

Narby blogs regularly on the Insider Tasting website, contributes to Decanter Magazine and has written two books: Bordeaux Bootcamp, an insider guide to Bordeaux basics, and The Drinking Woman's Diet: A Liver Friendly Lifestyle Guide.  The latter, published in 2018, was inspired by a wine tour guest, after a week of fabulous food and wine, asking Narby how she balances a life in wine with health.

The Drinking Woman's Diet is a light-hearted but practical look at how to maintain a healthy lifestyle without giving up fine wine and food, which then led to the creation of a course - '7 weeks to a liver friendly lifestyle'. 

Now, with Wine and 2 Veg, Narby wants to not only showcase her beloved Bordeaux wines, and reinvigorate the region's reputation, but also offer her long-learned experience and advice on how to enjoy wine in a healthy way. 

Narby is a certified yoga teacher and with her family, is currently renovating a ruined 16th century Château in the Entre Deux Mers, to welcome guests on wine and wellness retreats at the very heart of the Bordeaux vineyards.

About Sally Evans: British born Sally Evans, the co-creator of Wine and 2 Veg left her international corporate career and embarked on an inspiring journey of wine entrepreneurship in her fifties. With bold determination, she completed a wine diploma and then relocated to Bordeaux where she created Château George 7 an award-winning boutique winery.  Her wines have already earned numerous awards and critical acclaim from critics and publications such as Jane Anson, James Suckling, Decanter Magazine, Elle à Table, The Wine Advocate and Guide Hachette and are listed in Michelin starred restaurants and top venues across Europe and the US.

Sally's path to success has been a myriad of business and personal experiences, including a stint in Spain, running the kitchen at her family's Cotswolds Inn, an international corporate career and raising two sons. However, once her family had flown the nest, she craved a fresh challenge and her love for wine appreciation gradually transformed into the art of winemaking. 

In 2020, Sally's vegetarian son joined her at the Bordeaux vineyard during lockdown. Taking charge of the kitchen her son transitioned Sally to a fully meat-free diet, with daily delectable plant-based meals, paired with her own creation, Château George 7. It was during this time that the concept of Wine and 2 Veg began. The first vintage of Château George 7 hit the market, and Sally enlisted the expertise of a chef to devise plant-based recipes that perfectly complemented her wines, challenging the conventional wisdom of pairing red meat with red wine.

Sally Evans, who is also herself a certified Bordeaux wine educator, is not just an accomplished winemaker; she is an inspirational speaker. Her story is a testament to repurposing professional experience, weaving together her passions and skills into a single, multi-faceted, and highly successful career today. Through her story, Sally aims to instil confidence in mid-life women contemplating their own paths, demonstrating that it's never too late to start anew.