Happy pairings for Easter wines

Wine and food combinations, whether they be chocolate, lamb or cake, are purely subjective, so feel free to go with what works for you

Easter was long an early spring feast that performed its real function, eliminating the memory and pagan practice of the Rites of Sprin

Today is Easter Sunday. Contemporary Christians celebrate this event by hosting the most important Mass of the year and with an ever evolving feast.

For around 2,000 years, this feast had become increasingly bizarre as it expanded from a quite solemn parish-sized group meal into today's strange celebration of bunny rabbits who somehow lay eggs made of chocolate, and lamb in every form from a gorgeous crispy roast lamb to melt-in-the-mouth slow cooked shoulder.

Easter was long an early spring feast that performed its real ...