Best Combination: Vinyl x Wine pairings by Nika Galkina
ChatGPT said: Creative Director of sova Restaurant — an Eastern European wine and vinyl bar in Notting Hill — creates a list of perfect drink-and-music combinations that you’ll love trying for yourself.
Daft Punk, Random Access Memories
Raventós i Blanc, De Nit Rosé · Spain
Polished, precise, but never too serious. Random Access Memories looks backwards to make something new, and De Nit does much the same. Traditional grapes, meticulous winemaking, pink bubbles. Both feel timeless and very easy to come back to.
50 Cent, Best Of
Kolonist, Bisser Brut · Ukraine
Big, confident and made to get the room going. Bisser Brut has the same immediate appeal: bright, celebratory and not here to overcomplicate things. Put the record on, open the bottle, see where the evening goes.
Danger Doom, The Mouse and the Mask
Strekov 1075, Charlotte Pet-Nat · Slovakia
A little weird, a little unpredictable, and exactly why you like it. Charlotte is a natural pét-nat with plenty of personality, a good match for an album built around strange characters, clever details and MF DOOM doing things entirely his own way.
System of a Down, Toxicity
Zorah, Karasì Areni Noir · Armenia
This one had to be Armenian. Toxicity can be heavy, frantic and strangely beautiful, sometimes within the same minute. Karasì comes from high-altitude vineyards in Vayots Dzor, made from Armenia’s native Areni Noir. Dark, spicy, elegant, with a little wildness underneath.
St Germain, Boulevard
Château Miraval, Côtes de Provence Rosé · France
French house, French rosé. An obvious pairing, but a good one. Boulevard has that late-afternoon Paris feeling: jazzy, smooth, slightly hazy. Miraval is dry, light and quietly polished. Best when neither the music nor the wine needs your full attention.
LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver
Tbilvino, Qvevris Kisi · Georgia
Old methods, modern energy. This Georgian amber wine is made with Kisi and qvevri tradition, while Sound of Silvertakes disco, punk and electronic music and pulls them into something distinctly its own. Both are textured, slightly odd and much more fun than they first let on.
Alice Coltrane, Journey in Satchidananda
Zorah, Voskì · Armenia
Deep, aromatic and made for taking your time. Voskì is made from native Armenian Garandmak and Voskéat grapes grown in Vayots Dzor. Journey in Satchidananda has the same sense of place and depth: warm, meditative, layered and a little otherworldly.
Camel, The Snow Goose
Bencze Birtok, Aries Riesling · Hungary
Dreamy, strange and slowly unfolding. The Snow Goose is a record to disappear into, and Aries has that same unhurried character. A rich Hungarian Riesling from Szent György-hegy, with enough depth and texture to keep revealing something new as you go.
