One of the greatest gifts in life is food and wine – separately, but even more so, together. And it doesn’t have to be posh food. Fish and chips, beans and spam or a Big Mac – there’s a ton of inexpensive food friendly wines out there that will go with almost anything. I have a glass of wine with my meal every night, and believe me, it’s never caviar or lobster on the menu.

And so, a Cajun chicken burger, the food of a common man such as myself… who says I can’t enjoy a glass of wine with it?

If you want to be a tad more attentive to your choice of wine, by all means, consider mine.

An off-dry white wine that can handle some Cajun seasoning is on the cards for me. The best off-dry wines are those that possess a good acidic backbone, so as not to taste sickly sweet, and it’s the acidity that makes wine such a good partner to food.

Viognier is a great match as it has those restrained fruit flavours and the ability to cope with spice, but Vouvray is the one that came to my mind when I first watched this video. Vouvray, in the French Loire Valley, is well known for its age worthy whites made from the Chenin Blanc variety. And what a fantastic varietal it is.

The Vouvray Les Coteaux Demi-Sec has an ageing potential of 2016, but don’t expect it to last if you’re going to start making Cajun chicken burgers any time soon. For a drier style, the sister wine, Vouvray Les Coteaux Sec, or Paarl Heights Chenin Blanc, are just the ticket.

Video courtesy of Look and Taste.