Traditionally bubble and squeak is enjoyed with beer or stout and therefore considered the best partner for the meal! So if you're a beer person this dish will suit you perfectly and you have a great choice of local beers as well as many foreign beers.

Stout may be a little more difficult but good old Guinness should be available in your local bottle store.

I, however, am not a beer drinker (unless it's to quench a thirst on a boiling hot day) so, this dish presented a challenge and I thought it fair to the dish to try a white and a red.

I thought of simplicity for the choice of wine and did not want to try anything too full bodied or expensive. The following two wines were enjoyed but our beer drinking friends preferred the beer:

Teddy Hall Chenin Blanc 2007 – R34

Teddy Hall is well known for making some of the Capes finest Chenin Blancs. He has won the coveted Wine Magazine Chenin Blanc Challenge four times and was Diners Club Winemaker of the Year in 2001 for Chenin Blanc.

The Teddy Hall is a refreshing crisp wine with intense tropical fruit aromas which complement the complex zesty palate with an interesting hint of wild honey on the finish.

Ken Forrester Petit Pinotage 2006 – R36.50

Not only does Ken Forrester produce excellent wines, but he is also a well-known restaurateur and owned the famous Gatrille's in Johannesburg for many years. He is now in a partnership in a delightful restaurant called 96 Winery Road close to his winery outside Stellenbosch. It's not surprising then, that Ken's philosophy is to make a range of individual wines that will complement a wide variety of food. The Petit Pinotage was enjoyed by the 'wine drinkers' for this meal.

The wine is made from 100 percent unwooded Pinotage and delivers ripe berry fruit aromas which lead into the soft yet rich palate.

To order these wines, or for advice on wine pairings, contact Wine Concepts.